Are two of my favorite precious metals, although I do not own either as of today. The last time I looked at it seriously was a Cartier Tortue CPCP in PT and the metal looked cold and not very attractive on my wrist, especially compared to the warmth of th

And to be fair, some of Cartier's less-accessible pieces, like the Rotonde de Cartier Masse Mystérieuse (Ref. #WHRO0082), with the movement inside the rotor, or the Tortue Monopoussoir Chronograpph (Ref. #CRWHTO0008), with its shaped, hand-wound chronogra

As the happy owner of a different limited edition Arabic numeral Santos-Dumont and as a retired design professional, I admire Cartier's longstanding excellence (even supremacy?) when it comes to watch design, and the Santos models in all their forms exemp

In two weeks, Christie's will sell this remarkable single-button or ‘monopusher’ chronograph with a platinum ‘ Coussin Tortue ’ (turtle cushion) shaped case . It is one of the first three chronograph wristwatches produced by Audemars Piguet in the 1930s a

Didn’t know one could get stuff like this at Goodwill 😲 Credit Hodinkee

While visiting the Patek Philippe Museum , I was surprised to discover this 1939 ref. 1401 with a dial signed " Grogan Co. " at 6 o'clock. While doing some research , I discovered that it was the Grogan Jewelry Company , from Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , f

Never had one as a child.