Mido is one of the brands I recommend most to some watches ‘First Brother’. The biggest feature of this brand is not following the trend. In fact, this strategy is very clever. Even if other manufacturers fight for design and complicated technology, they can’t deal with it. It is still implicit and uses its own style to respond to changes. The trend of watches is changing every year, and it will return to the original point. For example, a small watch becomes a large watch. After the big watch became popular for a while, the small watch began to be restored. I believe that many cousins ​​share my feelings. At this time, Mido has shown its competitiveness. The price is close to the people and it is not easy to be outdated. It is very suitable for smart consumers in the white-collar class.
布鲁 The case of this Bruner series two-time watch is my favorite classic design. The transition between the lug and the case is very soft and natural. The bold lines on the dial show the rigid characteristics of the building frame. What’s more worthy of praise is that the designer has taken great care to organically integrate the calendar with the time scales of the two places, which is very clever. The hands at the two places are also very interesting. The small red dots on the triangle make the pure dial instantly vivid.
In fact, subtle design is often the most touching. Not just watches, the design of any product is the same. Simplicity, simplicity, and conciseness are the attitudes of life in which we abandon prosperity and pursue simplicity.

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Chopard once again pays tribute to the traditional Asian culture. The brand specially selects Japanese traditional dill painting technology to present a new L.U.C XP watch with the theme of the year of the sheep. The most artistic goat shape in the zodiac is exquisitely presented on the dial, and the case is also equipped with an ultra-thin L.U.C movement made by Chopard.

Chopard L.U.C XP Urushi Golden Sheep’s Painted Wrist is equipped with the L.U.C 96.17-L movement decorated by the brand’s artisans, showing the outstanding watch craftsmanship

Extraordinary art reveals harmony and temperament
The dial of this new zodiac watch is entirely handmade, and Chopard pays tribute to the long-standing Asian culture by using the traditional Japanese dill painting process. A goat stood quietly on the dial; under the gorgeous colorful clouds, there were flowers representing joy and tranquility. In Chinese traditional zodiac wisdom, goats have a stable temperament that is not ill, but at the same time they are upright and righteous. It has a lively mind, but is not brave and belligerent. It is good at expressing its own insights through artistic expression; it is approachable, generous and amiable, has both ease and virtue and harmony, and has close relations with important values ​​such as land and family.
Ancient Japanese lacquer art
The raw lacquer is extracted from the resin of ‘Urushi’ tree, also called ‘lacquer tree’ or ‘Japanese lacquer tree’. Sumac is mainly grown in Japan and China, and can only be collected once a year, and the number is very small. After the resin is collected for three to five years, it can be processed into a highly resistant, honey-like raw lacquer. It needs to be painted layer by layer, and each layer is extremely thin. Maki is a special lacquer technique, that is, spreading powder such as gold powder on the paint surface to highlight the outline of the paint. The gold powder is glued to the lacquered surface with a small lacquer brush made of bamboo tube and natural hair to outline extremely fine lines. This craft requires extremely high skills and rigorous meticulous attitude, and only a handful of lacquer masters still know it.

Celebrating the Lunar New Year with brand new works every year, it has become a brand tradition cherished by Chopard. The new L.U.C XP Urushi golden sheep dill watch will be the perfect blend of dill paint known as the essence of ancient Japanese lacquer painting and Swiss top watchmaking technology.

Unparalleled fine watchmaking
Such arts and crafts can only be matched with L.U.C XP watches. An elegant and ultra-thin watch was transformed into a shape with a diameter of 39.5 mm and a thickness of only 6.8 mm, which is a symbol of Chopard’s superb watchmaking technology. The self-winding mechanical movement is equipped with a double barrel, which guarantees a power reserve of 65 hours. The Chopard L.U.C movement is one of the few masterpieces that can achieve this. The master craftsmen of the Fleurier Chopard watch factory overcome this technical challenge with the help of a delicate eccentric rotor structure. Instead of being covered by the movement for winding, it is embedded flush with the movement as a whole, thus maintaining an ultra-thin appearance and automatic winding function.
The L.U.C 96.17-L movement is decorated by the brand’s artisans and strictly complies with the quality standards of traditional fine watchmaking. This watch is made in 18K white gold or 18K rose gold. The L.U.C XP Urushi Year of the Sheep and Duck-Eye Watch is paired with a black alligator leather strap and is equipped with a special case carefully decorated with the Dye-Eye process. The outside of the watch box is black, and the inside is painted with gold. Its octagonal design has a connotation of joy in Eastern culture.

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On March 4, 2019, Schaffhausen-Swiss watchmaker Schaffhausen IWC successfully auctioned a large IWC pilot pilot watch with its own pattern engraved on its back. This online auction was sponsored by Sotheby’s, and the special watch was successfully sold at a high price of $ 60,000. IWC will donate all the proceeds from the auction to the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation, thereby helping the foundation to jointly support the charity project of the Arrimage Association.

IWC Large Pilot Watch Orphan (Model: IW500923)

  On February 21, IWC Schaffhausen announced that it will launch a unique charity project. IWC Brand Ambassador Bradley Cooper wore an IWC Large Pilot Watch Orphan (model: IW500923) during the AcademyAwards® awards ceremony, which was sold by Sotheby’s Auction.

  This large pilot’s watch has an 18K5N gold case, and the back is engraved with a sentence from Anthony Saint Exupéry’s masterpiece ‘The LittlePrince’: Itisonlywiththeheartthatonecanseerightly The beginning of charity in this auction.

Support ARRIMAGE Association Project
  IWC Schaffhausen will donate all proceeds from the auction to the Anthony Saint Exupery Youth Foundation in support of the Arrimage Association in Nice, France. The association was founded by Dr. Claude Garrandes, a French blind artist, educator and publisher. One important project is to teach visually impaired children to read two-dimensional stereoscopic pictures through touch. To this end, the association pioneered relief illustrations and made a tactile art book, The Little Prince, marked with Braille in French and English.

Arrimage Association conducts classes for visually impaired children at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City

Relief Illustration of The Little Prince

  With the support of the Anthony Saint-Exupery Youth Foundation, the book was created by Claude Garrandès Editions and the Arrimage Association. Thanks to the association’s original teaching methods, blind and low-vision children have the opportunity to learn self-portrait creation. The Arrimage Association insists on regularly organizing various classes for visually impaired children and adolescents. The next class event will be held in Asia (Bangkok and Hong Kong) in March 2019.

  Christoph Grainger-Herr, Chief Executive Officer of Schaffhausen IWC, said: ‘I am very pleased to see so many people paying attention to this auction, thank the buyers for their generosity and support the Arrimage Association Continue to carry out meaningful and influential projects for visually impaired children and adolescents. ‘

  Olivierd’Agay, Secretary General of the Anthony Saint-Exupery Youth Foundation said: ‘Thank you Schaffhausen IWC for your enthusiastic support. We firmly believe that the Arrimage project will continue to bring more precious children and adolescents with visual impairment worldwide Time, unforgettable experiences and new opportunities. ‘

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Sotheby’s Hong Kong 2013 Prestigious Watch Spring Auction will be held on April 7th at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. At that time, it will present more than 400 lots, including Patek Philippe Minute Repeaters, and a number of complex Tourbillon watches and more.
 The 2013 Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction in addition to the precious contemporary clocks of ‘Brilliant Timepieces-Important Private Timepiece Collection’, also includes a series of rare timepieces that are rare in the market, including collectors Patek Philippe minute repeater watch, and multiple complex tourbillon watches.
 Charles Tearle, head of Sotheby’s Asia’s watch department, said: ‘According to the 2012 autumn auction, the highest total turnover ever achieved in the permanent auction of Sotheby’s global precious watches, we will continue this season and present a collection for collectors. A wide range of rare timepieces of extraordinary quality. Choose one of them and get a good valuation. It covers the halls of Patek Philippe, Lange and Jaeger-LeCoultre, as well as many treasures that have never been seen in the auction market. The ‘Empressive Streamer-Important Private Timepiece Collection’ evening auction unit will surely attract collectors from all over the world to participate in the auction. ‘

Auction Highlights-Patek Philippe Minute Repeater

 Patek Philippe 5074J model gold self-winding three minute perpetual calendar watch with cathedral bells, moon phase profit and loss and leap year display, year 2002 (estimate: HK $ 2.6 million to HK $ 3.3 million / US $ 330,000 to US $ 420,000) This Patek Philippe model 5074J Complicated mechanical watches are made of gold, which is different from the selection of solid precious metal cases, which were produced in limited quantities in 2001 and 2006. The large case with a diameter of 42 mm is full of sense of the times, which is different from the traditional design of the brand to carry complex movements in a compact case, making the cathedral spring even louder in the large space of the case.
 Patek Philippe 3974G white gold self-winding three minute perpetual calendar watch with moon phase profit and loss and leap year display, year about 1992 (estimate: HK $ 2 million to 3 million Hong Kong dollars / 260,000 to 380,000 US dollars) Patek Philippe celebrated the 150th anniversary of the brand in 1989 And the 3974 watch specially launched is one of the most important watches of the brand so far. Equipped with a 22K gold oscillating weight automatic winding device, with the minute repeater, perpetual calendar function and 24-hour display, it was the most complicated watch design of the year. This watch was released by the first-hand buyer for the first time in the auction, with certificates and original accessories. It is the second platinum model that has only appeared on the auction market.
 Patek Philippe 5104P model platinum and pink gold self-winding semi-perforated three-question perpetual calendar watch with flyback date, moon phase profit and loss and leap year display, year 2011 (estimate: HK $ 4 million to HK $ 5 million / US $ 510,000 to US $ 640,000) This The 5104 model is Patek Philippe’s first sophisticated watch with a hollowed-out dial design, highlighting its extraordinary beauty. The sapphire crystal replaces the traditional dial, revealing a hand-crafted movement. The extraordinary design of the fusion of two precious metals, platinum and pink gold, together with the right case ratio, makes this 5104P wristwatch one of the brand’s most powerful and repeatable minute repeater timepieces.

Other important complications
 Jaeger-LeCoultre ‘REVERSO GRANDE COMPLICATION À TRIPTYQUE’ extremely rare ultra-complex platinum reversible large dial tourbillon synchronized perpetual calendar manual winding watch with reversing date, time equation, zodiac calendar, astrological chart, stellar time, sunrise / Sunset time, leap year, power reserve and day / night display, limited edition of 3 Hong Kong stores special edition, year 2012 (estimate: HK $ 2.2 million to 3.2 million / US $ 280,000 to 410,000)
 In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the ‘Reverso’ collection, Jaeger-LeCoultre launched its first super-complex three-sided flip watch in 2006. This platinum model created by a team of designers, engineers, and watchmakers for six years shows 18 functions on a three-sided dial; a movement set with 79 gems is built with 642 components and equipped with two Clockwork drum with 48-hour power reserve. This model of the auction is one of three watches specially made in Hong Kong and equipped with a black dial, which is the first time the treasures of the auction market have been released.
 Patek Philippe 5971 / 11P platinum sapphire perpetual calendar chronograph watch with moon phase profit and loss and leap year display, limited production of 5 pieces, year 2010 (estimate: HK $ 2.5 million to 2.8 million / US $ 320,000 to 360,000) Model 5971 with Nouvelle The Lemania workshop is a movement specially made for Patek Philippe. It is equipped with the most beautiful column wheel chronograph device. It is a jewellery watch that attracts people. The watch made its debut at the 2010 Basel International Watch Fair. The 5971 / 11P sapphire watch was a commemorative model of the same model before it was discontinued. This time it was also the first spot for the 5971 / 11P sapphire model.
 Lange’s ‘RICHARD LANGE TOURBILLON POUR LE MÉRITE’ is a very unique specialty store special edition honey gold tourbillon watch with patented stop-seconds device and honey gold carved rotating dial, number 08/15, year 2012 (estimate: 1.3 million to 1.8 million) ($ 170,000 to $ 230,000)) The fourth-generation ‘Pour Le Mérite’ tourbillon watch, launched in December 2010, features the Sesame Chain Perpetual Motion System, which has been awarded by the German government and is famous for its Lange patented honey. Gold-cast case. This hand-crafted watch with the name ‘Handerkskuns’, the honey gold eccentric dial is decorated with traditional ‘tremblage’ high-level hand-engraving, creating a delicate three-dimensional granular texture. This special edition is limited to only 15 pieces and is on sale in special stores in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul and Dresden. It is very precious and is the first to appear in the auction market.

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