Two years ago, I compiled my SOTC 2023, which stands for State Of The Cassettes rather then the typical State Of The Collection. That year, I didn't do much in…
A brief review of Christie's, Phillips, Sotheby's and Antiquorum Geneva watch auctions held over the second weekend of May... 又到了日内瓦五月钟表大拍，从5月12日周五开始到5月15日周一，Christie's佳士得、Phillips富艺斯、Sotheby's苏富比、Antiquorum安帝古伦，四天一共七场拍卖，好表无数，简直眼花缭乱。按时间顺序，佳士得率先于周五开始The Art of F. P. Journe主题拍卖，周六另拍一场；富艺斯仍然是专注精品，不求量多，一共二百只左右的表，分成两天慢慢拍；苏富比共拍三场，其一是私人怀表收藏专场；安帝古伦虽然仅一场，但共有五百多标，必须分开两天拍。 在眼下全球经济大片低迷的形势下，如此多的表一下子涌入拍卖场，尤其有必要事后梳理一下脉络。简单回顾，我有以下几点感受： 1，现代独立制表品牌的主流价值定位已清晰确立。前有George Daniels、Philippe Dufour，后有F. P.…
Retrospective 2022 一转眼，全球新冠疫情爆发已三年。眼看疫情几近结束，然而新的变数又不断来到眼前。明年将会怎样，全球经济的走向如何，以及对钟表收藏圈和业界会有什么影响？只有等到明年才知道。回顾过去的一年，我看到又一个轮回已开始… In a blink of eye, three years have passed since the explosion of global pandemic. While it appears the ending has come, new uncertainties just keep showing…
Retrospective of 2010s: Among all the timepieces of 2010s, I selected 10 watches that I hold in highest esteem, and I end up with the list below, in chronological order.…
Retrospective of 2000s: there are many watches from this decade that I really like, some of which I like so much and also luckily can afford, that I have to…
Just one day after the The Royal Oak 50th thematic auction, Phillips held the The Geneva Watch Auction: XV over the weekend, on May 7 and 8. My observation on…
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As said in the Auction Preview 拍卖前瞻 – Monaco April 2022, the big forerunner of this spring auction season is Sotheby’s two Hong Kong auctions, of which The Nevadian Collector…