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Posted Apr 2, 2022, 4:00 PM
Whatever the fashion of the moment, steel watches with a sporty spirit always have a knack for staying on trend. Here are three pieces with a timeless design that will dress slender wrists with strength and elegance.
At TAG Heuer, the Aquaracer Professional 200 is the all-terrain luxury watch for everyday wear. It is available in various ladies’ versions with a diameter of 30 mm, including this edition fitted with a light blue sunburst satin-brushed dial. Powered by a quartz movement, it is water resistant to 200 meters and has a unidirectional rotating bezel. A bezel whose style matches the case.
Change of style with the 32 mm Black Bay, which owes its vintage look to Tudor watches created for frogmen between the 1950s and 1970s. While the original rotating bezel gave way to a fixed, smooth bezel, this automatic edition, water-resistant to 150 meters, features the characteristic Black Bay snowflake-type hour hand.
With the Evolution 9 White Birch Spring Drive model, Grand Seiko offers a 40 mm diameter instrument with a particular face. Water-resistant to 100 meters, it houses a dial whose color and texture are inspired by the white birch forests located on the Hiraniwa plateau in northern Japan. Visible on the back, the electromechanical Spring Drive caliber features an astonishing ‘frosted’ finish and offers five days of power reserve.
Grand Seiko, SLGA009: €9,500.
TAG Heuer, Aquaracer 200: 1,850 euros.
Tudor, Black Bay 32: €2,770.
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The Patek Philippe “Haut Artisanat 2022” exhibition will be held from April 6 to 23 in the historic building of the manufacture, located rue du Rhône in Geneva. The watchmaker has selected some sixty unique pieces and limited series to illustrate the most varied skills of master craftsmen. Clocks, pocket watches and wristwatches will showcase techniques as meticulous as Grand Feu cloisonné enamelling, paillonné enamelling and miniature painting, or even engraving and hand guillochage. Visitors will also be able to discover the micro marquetry and the enamels on earthenware from Longwy. After Switzerland, the pieces will be exhibited in France, in Paris, from May 14 to 22 in a gallery, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré. Registration on patek.com
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The Antiquorum Geneva online sale of January 3 included a manual-wind Omega Early Tonneau in steel (circa 1930). Estimated between 200 and 400 CHF, this instrument was finally sold for 1,000 CHF, or 963 euros.
In Monte Carlo on January 17, lot 444 of the Artcurial sale was an all-steel IWC chrono 30 mm in diameter with moon phases. Sold for 2,080 euros, this 1990 model, with a ‘grain of rice’ strap, remained within its range (1,800 – 2,500 euros).
On February 24 in Hong Kong, at Sotheby’s, a 38 mm diameter Patek Philippe in steel with an annual calendar (2021) exceeded its high estimate (500,000 HK dollars) with an auction price of 504,000 HK dollars, or 57,000 euros .
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