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Auction Watch: July 18th Deals To Be Had At The Fellows Auction
The following timepiece auction analysis post is by Chris Meisenzahl. He is a long-time watch enthusiast and daily Speedmaster Pro wearer. He blogs at The Pretense of Knowledge and can be followed on Twitter at http://twitter.com/speedmaster.Fellows is a UK auction house, established in 1876. For this auction the estimate range is a fairly reasonable ¡ê200 – ¡ê50,000. Clearly not pocket change, but there are dozens of pieces in there for a person looking for a deal, or just filling out a themed collection.I see that the most expensive (that is, expected to bring the most money) item in the auction is a Rolex with a range of $61,600.00 – $77,000.00. It's lot #486, a "platinum automatic Oyster Perpetual Day-Date bracelet watch circa 2006."But here's the problem, the thing is covered with about 4.0ct's worth of diamonds (see pic)! I'm sure all aBlogtoRead readers realize this isn't a watch so much as a piece of jewelry. So we'll move on. ??
Arnold & Son TEC1 Watch Hands-On
The Arnold & Son TEC1 watch may have been released in 2014 to celebrate the brand's 250th anniversary, but its luster hasn't remotely begun to fade. We had a chance to go hands-on with this palladium beauty and, five years after the TEC1's initial release, it shines as bright as ever.If you're a fan of horological history, John Arnold and his eponymous brand fill a fascinating chapter (or several) in the history of watchmaking. Arnold was one of the many intrepid watchmakers in the 1700s competing to solve the problem of longitude through the creation of high-accuracy time pieces (for a gripping account of this period, with plenty of politics and intrigue, Longitude by Dava Sobel is worth a read). Throughout his career, Arnold amassed patents and watchmaking firsts, including patents for a detent escapement, bimetallic balance, helical balance spring, and he produced the first timepiece to be called a chronometer. Arnold's son followed in his father's footsteps and eventually appre