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Faberge Visionnaire I Flying Tourbillon Offered At Chiswick Auctions
Sponsored Post written for best watches by advertiser.First shown at Baselworld 2015 and limited to only 15 pieces, the Visionnaire I Flying Tourbillon timepiece by the sought-after House of Faberge was inspired by the renowned and luxurious jewel-encrusted eggs designed for Russian Tsars. The hand-wound wristwatch follows the same production principles as these famous objects, which were manufactured under the care of legendary jeweler Peter Carl Faberge between 1885 and 1917. With the current retail price for the Visionnaire I starting at ¡ê199,500, the only example available in original platinum and black PVD in the world is a highlight of the Watches Auction at Chiswick Auctions in London on the 15th of May.Head of Watches, Matthew Caddick comments, “In the wake of the Russian Revolution, Faberge was nationalized and its stock confiscated. Despite the Faberge brothers fleeing from the Bolsheviks to Paris, the family name was used to established a perfume brand in the 1930s aga
Piaget Emperador Coussin XL Ultra-Thin Minute Repeater Watch Hands-On
The stand-out collector’s (wealthy collector) Piaget watch for 2013 is the Emperador Coussin XL Ultra-Thin Minute Repeater (that we debuted here). In our previous article on the watch we discussed most of the technical specs and we won’t repeat all of those here. This post is about hands-on with the slim and formal minute repeater – a continuation of Piaget’s quest to offer as complete a family of ultra-thin watches as possible.At 48mm wide the cushion-style case isn’t for everyone. It isn’t for all Piaget fans either. Many of Piaget’s most excellent watches are thin dress watches at about 40mm wide or even less. A 48mm wide minute repeater is a big (literally) departure from those simple classic. However, Piaget doesn’t intend for exclusive models like the Emperador Coussin XL Ultra-Thin Minute Repeater to compete with its other models in any significant way. Stuff like this lives in a relatively thinly populated world of quarter million