If you are a regular reader of MONOCHROME, you will be familiar with the Favre-Leuba Bivouac 9000. Inspired by a model from the 1960s, the Bivouac is a beast of a tool watch, standing out as being the only mechanical wristwatch capable of displaying the altitude from 0 to 9,000m – for more information, read […]
Let’s flash back to the year 1999, when in February of that year, watch retailer Tourneau and watch auction house Antiquorum held a special event in New York City called “Famous Faces, Watch Auction For Charity.” This event was easily one of the most interesting watch-related auctions ever held, and nothing like it will ever happen again.
Sacha Davidoff Reports On The November 2016 Watch Auctions Antiquorum is still the only major auction house which exclusively focuses on timepieces. Antiquorum Geneva & Hong Kong belong to FIDES, a private equity firm based in Zurich, and are separate from Antiquorum New York, which is no longer in the same group. With Julien Schaerer, […]