GenevaLunch » Patek Philippe http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Best of the pricey baubles – what a week in Geneva! http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/16/best-of-the-pricey-baubles-what-a-week-in-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/16/best-of-the-pricey-baubles-what-a-week-in-geneva/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:36:17 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63603 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Going, going, gone! For CHF11.28 million, the world’s “largest known pear-shaped fancy vivid yellow diamond”, a rarity for colour at its size and a newcomer on the market, went to an individual who wishes to remain anonymous, says Sotheby’s. The diamond was the hottest item in the auction house’s semi-annual Geneva fine [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/16/best-of-the-pricey-baubles-what-a-week-in-geneva/feed/ 0 Ethiopian emperor, 1948 pink gold watches, Patek Philippe Calibre 89, top Geneva auction lists http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/14/ethiopian-emperor-1948-pink-gold-watches-patek-philippe-calibre-89-top-geneva-auction-lists/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/14/ethiopian-emperor-1948-pink-gold-watches-patek-philippe-calibre-89-top-geneva-auction-lists/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:53:07 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=31538 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A watch made for an Ethiopian emperor and a 1948 pink gold watch with a perpetual calendar and moon phases are among the top pieces on the watches auction list at Sotheby’s Sunday 15 November. The world’s most complicated timepiece, a Patek Philippe Calibre 89 watch with 33 complications, is up [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/14/ethiopian-emperor-1948-pink-gold-watches-patek-philippe-calibre-89-top-geneva-auction-lists/feed/ 0 World’s most complicated timepiece opens Geneva auction season: CHF4.5-5.5m http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/28/worlds-most-complicated-timepiece-opens-geneva-auction-season-chf45-55m/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/28/worlds-most-complicated-timepiece-opens-geneva-auction-season-chf45-55m/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:32:33 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=30545 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The watch and jewelry auction season in Geneva gets underway in mid-November with the sale of what auction house Antiquorum calls “the world’s most complicated timepiece,” the yellow gold Patek Philippe Calibre 89, whose selling price is estimated at CHF4.5-5.5 million. The watch, which has a total of 33 complications, was [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/28/worlds-most-complicated-timepiece-opens-geneva-auction-season-chf45-55m/feed/ 0 Watching time still counts for something: fine watches sell well http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/11/17/watching-time-still-counts-for-something-fine-watches-selling/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/11/17/watching-time-still-counts-for-something-fine-watches-selling/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:20:13 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=7939 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – 15-16 November was the big annual watch auctions weekend in Geneva and it appears that the gloomy economy is not hurting the fine watches business. Sotheby’s brought down the gavel on CHF6.875 million in sales. The watches generally appeared to sell within the range of their estimates, including two top sellers, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/11/17/watching-time-still-counts-for-something-fine-watches-selling/feed/ 0 Art market nervous as Geneva auctions jewels, watches http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/11/13/art-market-nervous-as-geneva-auctions-jewels-watches/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2008/11/13/art-market-nervous-as-geneva-auctions-jewels-watches/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:14:53 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=7736 GenevaLunch.com Will Russians be back in force at the 2008 jewelry auctions?

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