This is the first 2523 made, the prototype. Thanks to records from scholar Brandon Thomas, who acquired original workshop notes from Cottier’s atelier, it’s known that this was marked down as a prototype. Likely made with two different interchangeable center dial styles as test, this example sported this unique guilloché...

The 5970R we know and love usually has a silver dial. Those who were lucky enough to be able to place a special order, though, could opt for this black. Only one other has come to auction, this will be the second. Patek Philippe have a long history of granting...

This is a Lange 1A, that’s not a typo. This is the very first limited production Lange, ref. 112.021 made in 100 examples in 1998. It sports a name which nods toward what was then a new manufacture building named 1A. It was also the very first Lange to sport...

This is a superwatch both physically and in terms of complications. Very few sports watches can split seconds. FP Journe introduced the Chronographe Monopoussoir Rattrapante in 2018, building off an experimental Split Seconds project for Only Watch which hammered at 1.15M CHF. By popular demand, FP Journe refined that calibre...

This is a piece unique black dial Lange 1 Tourbillon, about as beautiful and special a Lange 1 Tourbillon as has ever been made. It first sold in 2018 at Dr. Crott, then 119K EUR. This upcoming auction season, it’s back and ready to set a new record. This was...

Souscription Resonance is now mentioned in the same way collectors talk about 1526 and 2523. In the latter, tiny differences really matter. Souscriptions are largely a similar production. But this one isn’t, it’s two-tone. And two-tone in pink with platinum is the best sort of two-tone. All of these are...