Tag: Versailles

A tale as mysterious as Marie Antoinette’s watch

Over 30 years ago, Geneva’s Antiquorum pioneered the modern watch auction with its “Art of Patek Philippe” sale. Prior to that, the notion that fine watches were collectable was rather odd. It took the rise of the image of the once cheap electronic quartz models throughout the 1970s and ’80s to distinguish traditionally crafted timepieces […]

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