Horological Meandering

I am curious to hear how other PuristS have been treated by the auction houses this season or recently. In summary, I thought it was another good season for Phillips and Christie\'s. Their offerings were widely better than others. I was a buyer at Christi... 

Recent incident but and old story. nypost.com

and even though they are now two separate companies, I would not consider either. Thanks Bill!

Maybe he'll retract his idiotic cover story on the "Vladmir" Putin PP.

What surprised me about that trash Putin article was that Bloomberg also ran it, exactly. It seems like Bloomberg makes no effort to edit the H articles. I lost a lot of respect for Bloomberg.

And if so it shows you how intellectually lazy he has become.

;-)

Best wishes Alkiro

Alex, I have a hunch you will relate closely to it, I think I have seen you post a similar one from your collection. As for the other one, I have shown the CP-2 quite frequently on the forum now so the PuristS have had their fill of it. ...  

I also have my first time with one in May. It was an auction in Geneva in May. They shipped the watch to where I lived in late May, sound reasonable but I was out of town. When I met them in early Jun trying to collect what I have bid for, I was so surpri... 

It is very unfortunate. Please update about what happens. It is good to know about these things.

The auction house paid for the repair for the watch and sent it back to Switzerland. It is now under repair and hopefully it can be complete in 12 weeks time.

Good that they paid for the service. Hope it comes back in great condition for you.

I like them; their English is very good so I do not need to use my poor French. They have some great pieces sometimes. AQ = fail.

Personnally I have never bought from Artcurial, Antiquorum or any other auction house. Let me explain why and her are the reasons why I will never do so: -no possibility to open the watch or see the movement -no real warranty such as an invoice from a wat... 

if you buy vintage or any watch with a solid case back and the auctioneer does not open the watch. It is always a worry for me too. But times have changed and there are various auctioneers that show the case back with high quality pictures. Watches of Kni... 

offerings are for some in good condition but for most of them are in average condition. An auctioneer isn't an expert, nor a watchmaker, he is here to cash money and make a profit, not necessarily make a long term customer. That is why I stay away from au... 

That is where you see more pictures. They will usually post movement pictures for the stars of the auction. Not for every watch. I have not bought anything from WoK, but I have put in bids in the past that lost. I don't really know if they are great peopl...