Singapore’s well-known watch collector Zhong Weiguo (Bernard Cheong) Mr. Mosa Zhao gently in the hands of a Vianney Halter Antiqua, prospect of a solution of “write” full satisfaction. In the past two or three decades between the collection of more than 100 watches to collectors, the brand is always a special liking for the independent watchmaker. As the bird in his hand Vianney Halter Antiqua, in 1998, the price of 85 million from the then still little-known Swiss watchmaker Vianney Halter hands of the division was sold is now worth millions.
And Zhong Weiguo, like promising an independent watchmaker brand, as well as Hong Kong, Christie’s auction house assistant vice president, watches the Department’s senior expert Miss Zou Xianqun. “Independent watchmaker brand works, and now also in the secondary market was optimistic about the professional collector. Shoot in the spring of this year, while everyone is familiar with the top table card Patek Philippe and Breguet, the Hong Kong, Christie’s is also trying to the introduction of an independent watchmaker brand works – Greubel Forsey’s Double Tourbillon Platinum Model Double Tourbillon 30 Vision. the results only watch to 2.42 million Hong Kong dollars fall of the hammer, becoming the second highest bid of audience wrist the table. ”
Just five days later, December 2 of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center “refinement names” Session in the auction, the other Greubel Forsey Invention Piece 1 will also be 2200000-3000000 Hong Kong dollars of the valuation appearance. “Wednesday will be held next autumn auction, we will be independent watchmaker brand more bold attempt.” Miss Zou Xianqun said, “In addition to Greubel Forsey, the auction will also be independent watchmaker brand FP Journe brands such as work. ”
“The real table will understand collection of independent watchmaker brand”
“A lot of the independent watchmaker’s work is unique. These teacher-made tables, just as musicians compose, like the master photographer taking pictures is a devoted effort, wisdom and passion of artistic creation, rather than the volume of industrial production, which is In particular, I love the reasons for these tables cards. “Zhongwei Guo said.
In Zhongwei Guo many collections, the piece of Vianney Halter Antiqua his most proud of one watch. This piece of pure hand-made with a platinum surface, and four dial watch, the table back of the label is “No.00″. He said: “This watch is a Vianney Halter to do this to yourself to wear, there is no number. 10 years ago, he has not sufficient means to open factories, so sold it to me. Now the watchmaker well-known, and have their own watch factory and the brand, but this has also put into production, but produced an annual maximum of five, six, and hence the price very high. ”
“Independent watchmaker brands of watches are not generally recognized and accepted by collectors to collections.” Miss Zou Xianqun that the “collection table in this section need to watch collectors have a very rich collection of experience and watch the brand more widely understanding. but it is precisely because of this, the independent watchmaker’s work output of less complex manufacturing process, it should be the top watch collectors of that batch enthusiasts ‘hobby-horse’. ”
Watch for the experienced collector Laibin expensive, the upcoming Christie’s autumn auction also appear in FPJourne he had been concerned about the division of independent watchmaking brands. “FPJourne a birth, their uniqueness has attracted my attention.” Who already have a history of more than 20 years watch collection in Singapore businessmen have told the media that “the personal characteristics of the independent watchmaker was too sharp a. He could the Breguet parts of a bell are all reduced to the size of a watch, this is a wonderful breakthrough. “But Laibin expensive but also said that even now, the world’s only sold a few hundred pieces of FPJourne watches, “Only those who truly understand the table top and the people will choose FPJourne.”
GTE’s first landing in Geneva early next year,
Coincidentally, the independent watchmaker’s work, not only in this year’s autumn auction in a professional collector and watches the recommendation of an expert, they will also usher in the next spring, his own first “Exhibition.” According to China’s reported 2010 net Nian watches 11 to 22 January, Alain Silberstein, Ateliers Louis Moinet, Magellan, Marvin, and Titanium Cargo such as 29 independent watchmaker who will unite together in Geneva to participate in the inaugural exhibition of independent tabulation Shibiao (Geneva Time Exhibition, referred to as GTE). And the 2010 Geneva Show table (SIHH) held in conjunction with the independent watchmaker’s current exhibition, seen by many professionals considered to be “independent watchmaker efforts to inject fresh momentum endangered craft, to unite against the global financial crisis,” an attempt to .
The GTE exhibition is truly an independent watchmaker in the spring bring? “It is difficult to judge.” A painstaking research of senior journalists who watch the market, Mr. Peter NG, said: “But I personally think that the financial crisis and the future market conditions are uncertain post-crisis era, the independent watchmaker brand Instead, small scale is an advantage. In fact, a small business structure can help them make an immediate response to the new changes in the market, thereby reducing the risk. From this point of view, they should be earlier than the larger brands from the recession of the economic environment to come out. ”
As the Urwerk and AntoinePreziuso done, they use a unique bold style to attract customers, rather than rush to release a large number of new products. “We have never dealt with large orders. We are a small brand, strictly control the production, which is why we can regroup the reason so fast.” Independent watchmaker Antoine Preziuso said.
In fact, many independent watchmaker brand in the financial crisis, still created a good market price. Many watch collectors is also right that the market last fall, Antiquorum auction remember. Although the cold period at a time when the financial crisis, it would only catamaran 30 degrees of Greubel Forsey Tourbillon watch is still welcomed 23.8 million Swiss francs of the auction price. “
January 14, 2010
Watch collection optimistic about an independent watchmaker famous brand
January 12, 2010
Bvlgari 125th anniversary held in New York charity auction, raising more than 9 million U.S. dollars
December 9, 2009, New York – BVLGARI Bulgari Group Vice President Nicola Bulgari announced today: BVLGARI Bulgari brand throughout the year celebrating the 125th anniversary of the creation of fund-raising activities, has raised more than 9 million U.S. dollars to fund relief donations Children’s “rewrite the future” project, which includes the evening on December 8 in New York auction house Christie’s charity auction raised money. BVLGARI Bvlgari specifically for this charity auction created by 18 top jewelry and limited edition watch was auctioned at a total of 1,546,500 U.S. dollars works to finance the Save the Children.
The auction in New York will auction contains 11 unique and exquisite exquisite jewelry, and 7 of the top limited watch, come to the auction that night, including Nicola Bulgari Bulgari Group Vice-Chairman and his wife Beatrice Bulgari, Georgia Lai Mei Prize winner, the famous Latin singer-songwriter Ricky Martin, Venice, actress Rose Byrne, Oscar-winning actress Jessica Lange, supermodel Esther Cañadas, Save the Children President and CEO Charlie MacCormack, Save the Children will be Vice Chairman and General Director of the U.S. project Manager, Mark K. Shriver, and Veronica Bulgari, Amy Fine Collins, Marjorie Gubelmann, Nina Griscom, Stefano Tonchi, Gillian Miniter, Jennifer Creel, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Coralie Charriol Paul, and Senator Bill Frist and so on. While the Ben Stiller unable to attend the auction, but he brought a special surprise of the humorous video, played at auction in order to show their support.
Of these, 11 works are displayed top jeweler Bvlgari BVLGARI inspired right from the works of Roman art and architecture a sense of volume, lines, symmetrical shapes and details of the love. Embedded in the material inside the antique gold coins, snake-like pattern, the distinctive color and texture combinations, make extensive use of color oval cut stones, these unique elements have become BVLGARI Bvlgari since the 20th century, since the late 50’s works landmark features; 7 limited edition watch works not only luxury auction the entire batch of icing on the cake, but also underlines the BVLGARI Bvlgari followed the traditional and enduring creativity.
January 9, 2010
Mido All Dial Roman introduction of competitive series Darth Vader Watch
Mido introduced All Dial Big Gent Black PVD Rome athletics Series Darth Vader, richer is representative of the series. Mido’s most famous All Dial-round disc series, the use of black Microhyla facial disc with a large orange Arabic numerals 6,9,12. The Roman Colosseum as a design concept, to adopt a narrow edge case design, will try their best to maintain a broad facial disc space, coupled with double-layer anti-reflection sapphire crystal glass, mirror, increasing as the time of. Autumn and winter 2009 launch of the new Darth Vader watch, stressed that campaign style and color-rich, 42mm black surface, set off the orange and silver moment, sports fashion show.
Mido All Dial Big Gent Black PVD Rome athletics Series Darth Vader, Case with All Dial series of rare black PVD vacuum deposition gas processing material, to connect the black one bright side molding sheet ears, for different materials surface and strap brings sense of balance, more so when the clothes worn affixed to the wrist. Three o’clock position with weeks and date display, antique Roman Colosseum design full black-face orange and silver plate on the time scale and the second hand, so that viewing time to become fun, and then a small box with matte rubber bulge strap, black warrior watch adds a unique flavor. In addition to their external form caught the eye with a COSC certified Swiss Observatory accuracy, using ETA2836-2 auto-winding movement, auto-dial decorated with Geneva wave and engraved Mido logo. Mido All Dial Big Gent Black PVD Rome athletics Series Darth Vader.
January 7, 2010
Peak creative Navigator tab – Swiss Athens table the opening ceremony of Beijing Oriental Plaza store
Began 163 years ago, the family watchmaking legend, the ultimate technology desires rebirth, the Royal enamel reproduction in Athens. Athens, the table has always been to forward to carefully selected the best quality materials, the purpose of developing clock. In fact, when the company into the new course of development, the complexity of mechanical watches in the development of high-level in order to meet the ever cross the technological achievements of the peak when at the same time, more committed to revival of enamel technology, and the other once again lost art of keeping an elegant flourish .
Switzerland Athens Table Beijing store located in Asia’s largest integrated commercial buildings within the Oriental Plaza, one of the Oriental Plaza mall. The table in Athens December 10 the opening ceremony of Beijing store, brand side of the Hong Kong Film Award winner invited to visit the activities of Mr. Huang Qiusheng the scene, as the opening ribbon-cutting ceremony guests, with the global president of the Athens table, Mr. Rolf Schnyder, the Swiss Ambassador Beijing Embassy Consul-General Mr. Godet, Mr. Heng Jili World Watch Center, Beijing Dongfang encouraged to come forward with the leadership of the new celestial bodies. Mr. Rolf Schnyder is more of a Mr. Huang Qiusheng specially selected models of Athens, the table rose gold dual time zone watch manager for daily-wear use. Which watch is equipped with patented dual time zone adjustment device quick and easy set-up device, so that time to grasp that just between the two. On the day of, in all the leaders jointly launched the Athens table with Anthony Wong navigational compass that moment, Athens, Beijing Oriental Plaza store the table the mystery are thus lifted the curtain. Store decoration style has always followed the classic table with the Athens atmosphere, teak structure, decent high-profile main colors, with a string around their window of Phnom Penh, the structure has even the early founders of Athens, the table expression of very close relationship with the navigation at a glance. While on display in the shop found hidden more than 40 museums of the enamel watches wrist watches and three asked, all the table styles for the first time across the ocean to Beijing on display at a small number of rare antique enamel watch more first time for public sale including the Shenyang Imperial Palace has recently been the permanent collection of the Temple of Heaven painted cloisonne watch, as well as integrating the activities of filigree painted with the three-dimensional puppet fantasy watch Three Questions Need for hunting.
Enamel Process: cloisonne painting table altar table was popular in the 1960s, because of its colorful colors lay out, and the complexity of the unique nature of hand-made process, in particular, loved by the celebrities ladies, of which he replaced the “filigree enamel painting,” the most popular. Production of a “filigree painted enamel” You need to use the surface of the gold more than 500mm long lines, would be less than 0.07 mm, such as hair-like fine gold wire fixed on the surface, in order to distinguish between shades of gray outline sketched, and then in order to goose feather dip tube District 11 to take enamel paint color, color later, it still needs about 50 multi-channel processes, about 5 degrees Celsius 800-1200 Sunburn burning oven, grinding processing in order to avoid air bubbles, consuming more than 100 hours of actual work only able to complete an enameled painted surface. And because of the complex and time-consuming production process, enamel table in the 1950’s, the soon disappeared, except by a few, such as a table top watchmaking factory in Athens, as well as the capabilities to produce such a status symbol of wealth in the ancient form of painting production. At present, only a handful of the world watches the production of enamel painting master table, so it can be said is extremely rare traditional watchmaking craft. Athens Table enamel craft master chief Michel Vermot, Athens Table surgeon produced a series of wonderful cloisonne painting table. Athens, cloisonne table painted table is divided into four series: St. Mark’s monochrome enamel Series (San Marco Plain Enamel), warships Series (Ship and Sea Battle), the world’s landmark series (Landmarks), rare birds and animals series (Animal).
January 5, 2010
Edifice introduced the concept of a new F1 car radio table EQW-M710
F1 Red Bull Racing, most recently with the watch brand Edifice as a partner. Red Bull Racing in 2009 with the help of advanced technology has a very good result. In addition to the team runner-up to 153.5 separation, there are also two drivers to squeeze into the top five year record of success. But as a partner, Edifice use the same advanced technology in order to re-launch the concept of hair like a new car models in Table EQW-M710. And select sponsors Taiwan Hanss Lin Po Heng, who is Taiwan’s first and only year the international Formula One drivers championship, the record of the Asian Formula race wins records, so far no breakthrough.
Motorsport can be said to set the culmination of vehicle technology and to challenge the limits of human endurance a sport. Among them, the top of the F1 race, for any very small details, to be preoccupied with, the time was to be able to accurately grasp the decimal 4.
Edifice with technology while also preserving the texture and weight advantages. EQW-M710 In addition to carrying the world’s six Bureau of receiving radio waves, and solar charging function; the surface from the design of automotive tachometer, a long needle is 1 / 10 seconds, at 3 o’clock to 1 seconds, 1 / 100 meter is located at 9 o’clock position; computable to 1 / 100 second stopwatch bright red 3-pin fast time simulation at the same time the pleasure of fast racing. In addition, the table as the exterior lines of the whole body is full of muscle tone, EQW-M710 has two styles, a black face plate and blue face plate.