Watch Dandy

Fabergé isn’t a company you’d ordinarily associate with watchmaking – the name is most strongly associated with the work of Carl Fabergé in pre-revolutionary Russia, and, of course, with the spectacular Imperial Easter Eggs, made for the Romanov family. But in recent years, the revived company has partnered with boutique movement manufacture Agenhor, and Agenhor’s founder, watchmaker Jean-Marc Wiederrecht (known for, among other things, producing the Poetic Complications for Van Cleef & Arpels) and has produced both animated ladies’ timepieces, as well as watches like the Visionnaire DTZ. The latter is a dual time-zone watch that won in the dual time-zone category at the 2016 GPHG.

There are cool, rare watches to be had at all price points, and this watch is a perfect remind of that. Autodromo only made 14 pieces of this blacked-out Group B “Night Stage” and they were all offered privately to collectors, never making it to public sale. Until now. Making things even better, this Night Stage is being sold for charity, meaning you get a great watch and get to support a great cause all at the same time.

This week we have an array of vintage watches from a diverse set of brands. Two classic Rolexes are complemented by a couple of brightly accented Zodiac and Heuer models, a really stunning Cartier Obus in yellow gold, and a Tudor Submariner from 1984 with the rare “lollipop” hour hand. These watches will no doubt tempt collectors of any level, so read on for full details.