Audemars Piguet used the summer lull to drop colorful Royal Oak Offshore models and a Concept Flying Tourbillon with AMBUSH, while Vacheron Constantin answered with a titanium Overseas Dual Time. The secondary market held firm, with Rolex up 1.7% and Patek up 3.0% for the quarter and the discontinued Pepsi GMT near $22,500.
Phillips reported $507m in first-half auction sales, up 60%, with watches contributing roughly $235m, more than double a year earlier. Three…
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WatchCharts data through late June puts Rolex up 6.7 percent and Patek 18.8 percent year over year, even after a soft May. With auction cale…
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Gold-steel references surged 34% in May Swiss export value, the fastest-growing segment in the book. With gold back above $4,180 and Rolex's…
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Patek Philippe was the biggest gainer in the latest Bloomberg Subdial index, with its pre-owned gauge up 18% since early 2025 against 10% fo…
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Record-high new listings in April and May signal a speculative sell-off across the secondary watch market, even as Rolex raised retail on Ju…
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Federation Horlogere data shows May exports up 0.4 percent to CHF 2.1 billion, with the US up 12.3 percent and gold-steel pieces surging 34 …
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Philippe Stern, Patek Philippe's honorary president, died June 14 at 88, closing a 32-year run that defined the brand's modern era. Two days…
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Phillips New York XIV closed Saturday night at $75.8 million, more than double the high estimate and a fresh US watch-auction record. An F.P…
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Phillips New York XIV drops the hammer Saturday June 13 and Sunday June 14 with the highest aggregate estimate the house has ever printed fo…
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Swiss watch exports fell 16.6 percent in April, but the year-prior tariff pull-forward makes the base effect more important than the headlin…
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A full rolex.com pull against December shows the matched book up 3.4 percent, the typical move near 5 percent, the top single jump at plus $…
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Phillips Geneva Watch Auction XXIII closed at CHF 74.8 million with 43 new auction records and a Patek 2523 South America at 10.2 million do…
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