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Unlike other regional watch shows, which can tend to be satellite versions of the more famous and bigger ones in Geneva and Basel, SalonQP brings together the very best of mainstream and independent watchmaking from Europe, including the best home-grown talent, as well as local luxury brands. Exhibitors proved that the UK can hold its own in the luxury segment, whether in watchmaking, with the presentation of Roger Smith's new Triple Calendar timepiece, automobiles, admirably demonstrated by the unmistakable mustard-yellow Lotus Evora and Exige S Club Racer models, or even high-end sound systems, as demonstrated by Scottish company Linn.

Regional representation
The Garrick watch company proudly presented its new "Norfolk" watch at the show, whose understated white dial is made of grand feu enamel at the company's production facility in Norfolk. To do this, the brand's craftsmen had to learn this difficult technique themselves, hand enamelling both sides of a silver base in order to prevent any buckling. As further proof of the decentralization of the UK's luxury industry, exhibitor Lotus is also based in Norfolk and the Dennison Watch Case Co. Ltd, which celebrated a discreet "pre-launch" at the show, revives a name that once produced watch cases for the likes of Omega and Rolex from a huge factory in Birmingham. Last but not least, Roger Smith, who famously produces only a handful of timepieces every year, was on hand to present personally his new triple calendar timepiece. His workshop on the Isle of Man can only be reached by boat or aeroplane from mainland UK. More local to the London area, Richard Hoptroff, a quiet innovator who already exhibited "smart" watches last year, presented a new, slightly smaller, version of his truly unique atomic wristwatch.

For the visiting public, it was a first chance to see such significant new launches as the Opus 14 by Harry Winston and the new 1858 collection from Montblanc, who had brought a watchmaker from its Villeret workshop to show off the fine hand decoration of its Minerva movements. Seiko, which was only exhibiting its high-end Grand Seiko collection at the show, also flew in one of its watchmakers all the way from Japan to demonstrate a similar level of attention lavished on these mechanical calibres.
Chronoswiss was at the show with its new UK distributor Tiago Sa-Henriques. The former luxury watch salesman has set up his own distribution company under the name FOGG Distribution. "I know what it is to sell and I know what it is like not to have support from the brand, so that's what I want to change," he says. He promises to bring fresh impetus into Chronoswiss's UK distribution. "Chronoswiss is back full power," he promises, "and we will be investing in the UK and supporting retailers."

Lebeau-Courally had the first of its new moon phase models on display at the show, including a splendid model with a handmade grand feu enamel dial in blue. For the first time, the brand's signature rifle slide on the left-hand side of the watch case is not mere decoration and has its own function: push it and the date is corrected; pull it and the moon phase display can be corrected in one-day jumps.

Unlike the SIAR exhibition, where there was a clear focus on special editions for the market (), there was little hint of any pieces for the UK market, the one exception being Laurent Ferrier, who presented two limited editions of 10 models in its Galet Square with micro rotor for its UK retailer William & Son in white and red gold with a blue dial.

e The Marinemaster series has long been renowned for the security and precision that the professional diver requires. Two new timepieces in the Marinemaster series embody the very best of Seiko's 50 years of experience in serving the needs of divers and once again push back the boundaries of diver's watch technology. Following the presentation of the first timepiece, the Marinemaster Professional 1000m Diver's, we are focusing today on the second watch: the Marinemaster Professional 1000m Diver's.

This is a diver's watch worthy of a fifty year anniversary. Its design echoes that of Seiko's very first hibeat diver's watch from the 1960's, but its specifications are the most advanced in the field. It has a one-piece titanium case and, thanks to this, the L-shaped gasket and other features, it is impermeable to helium and suitable for saturation diving.

The rotating bezel is securely fixed to the case with four screws next to the 12 and 6 o'clock positions. It has the new Lumibrite for enhanced legibility. The 8L55 movement is specially optimized and adapted for use in a diver's watch with this structure.

The calibre 8L55 beats at 36,000 vibrations per hour and has a power reserve of 55 hours, and it is also assembled by Seiko's leading craftsmen at the Shizuku-ishi Watch studio. Each watch comes with both a titanium bracelet with extender, and a black extra-strength silicone strap. Offered in a special presentation box, just 700 pieces will be made, each with its own serial number.

It's been a while now that timepieces have been constantly in the forefront of the biggest tennis stages around the world. In addition to the traditional clocks in the corners of the major stadiums, displaying local time and the duration of the matches, many of the best players on the planet are endorsing prestigious watch brands - and putting on a sponsored timepiece right after a match and just before the televised on-court interview has become one of the most predictable rituals. Of course, if a player is already wearing a watch that ritual isn't even necessary - and there have been more and more champions playing with a watch on their wrists.

This past weekend, the 102nd edition of the Australian Open offered us the first Grand Slam final ever between two players wearing a watch. One of them has been in the watchmaking spotlight for four years already: Rafael Nadal - who since the inception of his association with Richard Mille in 2010 had won seven Grand Slams with a hi-tech, hi-mech tourbillon on his right wrist - was vying for a 14th Grand Slam trophy that would tie him with Pete Sampras as the second most prolific Major title winner ever. The other was a talented late bloomer whose resurgence at the top coincided precisely with the use of a timepiece on his left wrist: Switzerland's own Stanislas Wawrinka.

Time for success

Somewhat against the odds and after an eerie match, 'Stan the Man' beat the Spanish world number one and went on to become only the second player in the last nine years outside the so-called 'Big 4' (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray) to win one of the 'Big 4' (the Grand Slams), also becoming the the first man in two decades to beat both of the top two seeds at a Grand Slam tournament. Moving to No. 3 in the rankings, the player from Lausanne also surpassed his friend Roger and is the top Swiss player right now.

Why this late resurgence at the highest level? Believe it or not, it all started when Stanislas Wawrinka decided to play with a watch on his wrist. He'd previously been a friend of small Zurich brand Maurice de Mauriac early on in his career and afterwards endorsed Hublot for a while, but it was when he recently became a friend of Audemars Piguet that he started playing with a watch on. And it was exactly last year at the Australian Open that the Lausanne player began to make a big impression: wearing an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph Bumblebee (featuring Audemars Piguet's lightweight forged carbon), he took then world number one and Audemars Piguet ambassador Novak Djokovic to the limit, losing an epic 5-hour match that captured the imagination of the fans and was later voted the best match of the year.

Going toe-to-toe with Novak Djokovic until 12-10 in the fifth set gave Stanislas Wawrinka the belief he belonged to the elite. A few months later he beat Bovet ambassador David Ferrer in the final of the Portugal Open wearing the same Royal Oak Offshore Bumblebee, but during the summer changed to another timepiece; it was wearing a Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph new generation (44mm) that he qualified for his first Grand Slam semifinal ever at the US Open, again losing to Novak Djokovic in five sets, and for his first Year-End Championships, going through the group stage and losing to Novak Djokovic in the semis yet again.

Black watch, bête noire

In the beginning of the year, Stan - who knows I'm both a tennis and watch journalist - sent me a dedicated wristshot via Twitter from Chennai, where he was playing his first ATP World Tour tournament of the year: there was something new on his wrist, namely a Royal Oak Offshore Diver in black ceramics with orange touches. He won the tournament with it on and it was the watch he was wearing in his first round at the Australian Open. But something changed after that inaugural match in Melbourne Park: I was commentating for Eurosport and noticed he played the second round with a bare left wrist and then reverted to the Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph 44mm for the following matches - including the fourth round duel versus Tommy Robredo that finished right on time for me not to lose the flight to attend the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie; in Geneva, Audemars Piguet's CEO François-Henry Bennahmias explained to me that there had been a problem with the strap, hence the change.

Stanislas Wawrinka was back wearing the lightweight Royal Oak Offshore Diver for his quarter-final rendezvous with Novak Djokovic, who prior to the tournament had announced that Seiko had replaced Audemars Piguet as his watch sponsor - the Japanese brand made the Serb a seven-figure offer he couldn't refuse. Just like Federer, Ferrer, Sharapova, Azarenka and most watch ambassadors, Djokovic doesn't play official tournaments with his timepiece on - only exhibition matches or in practice. In the end, 'Stanimal' (as his friend Federer affectionately calls him) exorcized a losing 14-match streak versus Novak with an epic 5-set win and then beat Tomas Berdych (the Czech that Wawrinka rates as the best watch connoisseur among tennis pros, albeit not having a sponsorship) in the semis to qualify for the final versus Rafael Nadal, who had beaten Roger Federer in the other semi.

Stan has always been a great ballstriker and his majestic one-handed backhand made him a cult player, but he's been understandably obscured by the ominous shadow of Roger Federer in Switzerland. Mentally, his reputation was a bit shaky at the highest level: coming into Melbourne Park, he had lost 39 of his last 40 matches to the trio of Djokovic, Nadal and Federer. His time was due, since he not only surpassed Roger in the rankings, but also beat Novak and Rafa for the first time on his way to the title.

The Royal Oak Offshore Diver and the Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph weren't the only Audemars Piguet timepieces he sported at the Australian Open; in press conferences he showed the sporty elegance of the Royal Oak Chronograph on a metal bracelet and that was his choice to pose with the trophy in the photo session held in Melbourne the day after the most significant achievement of his career. To date.

New RM 35-01 for Rafa

Rafael Nadal didn't win the title, but he will have yet another Richard Mille timepiece under his name, though he'll keep on playing with the RM 27-01 Tourbillon. Unveiled recently at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, the RM 35-01 (with the inscription 'Rafa' on the dial) has a carbon case manufactured using the NTPT® technology, consisting of several layers of parallel filaments of carbon of a thickness of 30 microns, providing exceptional rigidity and unique aesthetics through the undulating shapes and random visual identity. The Calibre RMUL3 powering the RM 35-01 is a skeleton manual winding 4-gram (!) movement with hours, minutes, & seconds, providing exceptional resistance to impacts through the use of titanium grade 5 black PVD throughout the movement, as proven in extensive testing under extreme conditions and 5000 G impacts.

But there were more watch tales at the Australian Open. Serena Williams showed up playing with the ladies' version of the Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph that was presented to her during the Art Basel event organized by Audemars Piguet in Miami last December - and though the world number one lost in the fourth round to Rolex's Ana Ivanovic, she won another kind of prize: the most frequently asked question related to watches on the internet; everyone wanted to know which timepiece Williams was wearing!

Clairvoyant timekeeper

As official timekeeper of the Australian Open, Rolex had a good tournament: ambassador Li Na won the women's title and projected even further the fame of the brand in China, whereas global icon Roger Federer made it back to the semifinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in a year. But a strange episode surfaced in the middle of the tournament: the Rolex ad in the official website of the Australian Open precociously congratulated ambassador Jo-Wilfried Tsonga for winning the title (he ended up losing to Federer in the 4th round) and, when the error was discovered, it was replaced by another premature ad congratulating Li Na for the win. At least they got that one right!

Finally, besides Rafael Nadal getting a time violation in the final for taking too long between points in spite of wearing a 625,000 euro timepiece, the most awkward moment of the Australian Open related to watches occurred in the press conference following the first semifinal. Knowing Tomas Berdych is a great aficionado, an intrepid reporter - not me! - used an analogy to ask him whether his performance at the tournament deserved a (self) reward: "You used to buy watches every time you had a big result here. Is this a watch-worthy tournament, making the semifinals?"; the big Czech didn't like it: "This is really not part of a press conference right after the match. I have other feelings going through my mind and you come with a question like that. Really, I don't know what to say about it".

The next Grand Slam tournament will take place in Paris between May and June with Longines as the official timekeeper: Roland Garros.
 

Chronographs have a sporty and dynamic look which make them so successfull with men, but also, with women. Halfway between a classic watch and a sophisticated instrument of measure, these timepieces offer an irresistible something more... even if one hardly uses the chronograph function.
 

- Bell & Ross, Vintage BR-126 Falcon
- Breguet, Type XXII 3880 ST 10hz
- Breitling, Navitimer Cosmonaut
- Cartier, Calibre Chronograph
- Girard-Perregaux, 1966 Integrated Chrono
- Montblanc, Nicolas Rieussec Open Hometime
- Omega, Speedmaster 57
- Patek Philippe, ref. 5170
- Rolex, Cosmograph Daytona
- Seiko, Ananta Chronograph
- Zenith, El Primero Chronomaster 1969

Of the 211 timepieces offered, several lots sold for four or five times their pre-sale estimate and overall, a remarkable 80.6% was sold, representing 131% by value.
 
A collection of rare tourbillons, selections from unusual modern brands and interesting Seiko clocks were among the items offered, driving intense interest and competitive bidding among collectors from around the world. The exceptional Jaeger LeCoultre Ref.233.64.20, "Reverso Gyrotourbillon 2" in Platinum (lot 211) was undoubtedly the highlight of the sale. The rare Jaeger LeCoultre inspired tremendous excitement in the auction room and on the telephone, and was sold to a European collector at the remarkable price of HKD $1,880,000 (including buyer's premium).

 
"With our first auction held in August in Hong Kong, we are excited to see that collectors' interest in exceptional timepieces continues to be b even during the summer holidays," said Evan Zimmermann, President and CEO, Antiquorum. "The auction featured an amazing selection of timepieces that drove outstanding results."
 
Patek Philippe timepieces also sold remarkably well. Notably, the Patek Philippe Ref. 5100 10 days in 18K white gold (lot 203) brought an astounding HKD $487,500. In addition, a Patek Philippe 18K Yellow Gold Five Minute Repeater (lot 187), attracted great interest -- after an intense session of fierce bidding, the watch sold for a staggering HKD $287,500 (including buyer's premium), over four times its pre-sale estimate. A Patek Philippe 18K white gold ladies' wristwatch with diamond set bezel and integral bracelet set (lot 136) also achieved a noteworthy result of HKD $150,000 (including buyer's premium), more than five times its pre-sale estimate.
 

As Omega produced only a small number of central tourbillon watches, pre-sale excitement built quickly around the Omega "De Ville Central Tourbillon" (Lot49), which fetched an exceptional price of HKD $300,000. 

Several other brands were well represented in the sale. Gerald Genta achieved an impressive result for its Skeleton Perpetual calendar, minute repeater with diamonds in 18K yellow gold (lot 75), which brought an astounding HKD $462,500.

"Watch enthusiasts view tourbillons and perpetual calendar as essential complications to have in a collection, and we were delighted to see such competitive bidding for these and other exceptional lots at auction," said Jill Chen, General Manager, Antiquorum Hong Kong.
 
Antiquorum looks forward to its next auction on October 19th in Hong Kong, which will feature a fantastic collection of vintage and contemporary Patek Philippe wristwatches. 
The "Top Lots" for Antiquorum's August 25th Auction are as follows:

Jaeger Lecoultre Reverso Gyrotourbillon 2 Platinum. Made in a limited edition of 75 pieces circa 2009. Very fine and rare, large, rectangular, reversible platinum wristwatch with visible Jaeger-LeCoultre caliber 174 with inclined two-cage multiaxis spherical tourbillon, 50-hour power reserve and 24-hour indication,"1000 Hours Control", and an 18K white gold Jaeger-LeCoultre double deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, guarantee certificate, instruction booklet, loupe and magnifier lens.
Lot 211
Sold including buyer's premium: HKD 1,880,000
Pre-auction estimate: HKD 1,200,000 - 1,600,000
Patek Philippe REF. 5100 10 Days white gold. Made in a limited edition of 450 examples in 2000 to celebrate the Millennium. Very fine and rare, rectangular, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with 10-day power reserve and an 18K white gold Patek Philippe buckle. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Certificate of Origin, Chronometer Certificate, Attestation, medal, booklet, string tags and extra Patek Philippe strap with an 18K white gold buckle.
 
Lot 203
Sold including buyer's premium: HKD 487,500
Pre-auction estimate: HKD 340,000 HKD - 425,000
Patek Philippe Ref. 130 Chronograph rose gold. Made in 1944, sold on October 12th, 1945.
Very fine and rare, 18K rose gold wristwatch with square button chronograph, register, and tachometer. Accompanied by a fitted Patek Philippe box, certificate of origin and the Extract of the Archives.

 
Lot 202
Sold including buyer's premium: HKD 475,000
Pre-auction estimate: HKD 260,000 - 340,000
Gerald Genta Ref. 3019 Skeleton Perpetual Calendar, minute repeater with diamonds
Made in the 1990's. Very fine and rare, octagonal, astronomic, minute-repeating, skeletonized, water resistant, 18K yellow gold and diamond wristwatch with perpetual calendar, moonphases and an integrated 18K yellow gold Gerald Genta set with round cut diamonds link bracelet and deployant clasp. Accompanied by a box, string tag and service papers dated March 4, 2008.
 
Lot 75
Sold including buyer's premium: HKD 462, 500
Pre-auction estimate: HKD 350,000 - 450,000
Dewitt "Academia One Minute Tourbillon Mysterieux", Ref. EN. 080.53, No. 23/50. Made in a Limited Edition of 50 pieces in 2006. Very fine and rare, oversized, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with one minute tourbillon and an 18K pink gold DeWitt deployant clasp.
 
Lot 100
Sold including buyer's premium: HKD 350,000
Pre-auction estimate: HKD 300,000 - 400,000
Breguet Classique Rattrapante with white enamel dial yellow gold. No. 2 of a limited edition of 7 pieces. Made in 2007. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with split-second chronograph with an enamel dial and an 18K yellow gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted Breguet box.

Lot 210
Sold including buyer's premium: HKD 350, 000
Pre-auction estimate: HKD 230,000 - 475,000
Breguet Ref. 3357 Brevet du Messidor An 9 Tourbillon white gold, Made in the 1990's.Very fine and rare, 18K white gold wristwatch with visible one-minute tourbillon regulator with an 18K white gold Breguet deployant clasp.
 
Lot 209
Sold including buyer's premium: HKD 325,000
Pre-auction estimate: HKD 200,000 - 300,000
Omega de Ville, Central Tourbillon, NO. 11 yellow gold. Launched in 1994 as the world's first automatic wristwatch with central tourbillon regulator in honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of Omega. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with visible central one-minute flying tourbillon regulator and Omega 18K yellow gold deployant clasp. Accompanied by an Omega box. 

Lot 49
Sold including buyer's premium: HKD 300,000
Pre-auction estimate: HKD 200,000 - 250,000
Patek Philippe Five Minute Repeater yellow gold made for Tiffany & Co., New York in 1917. Fine, slim, 18K yellow gold, keyless five minute-repeating dress watch with "Extra" movement. Accompanied by a gold dress chain, gold capped stone-set pocketknife decorated with a serpent, a Tiffany & Co. box and Extract from the Archives.
 
Lot 187
Sold including buyer's premium: HKD 287,500
Pre-auction estimate: HKD 64,000 HKD - 72,000

The quartz watch, developed in 1969, revolutionized the conventional concept of watches. This is a watch that has a crystal oscillator at its core for accuracy. The crystalline body of a crystal cut to a fixed shape has a characteristic to generate steady vibration if voltage is applied to it. Through the ages, the idea has existed that this crystal-specific electrical property is used for a crystal oscillator to be the standard of timekeeping accuracy of watches. However, to take advantage of quartz crystal, whose excellence had been demonstrated in terms of accuracy, in a small world "watch," there were many barriers that had to be overcome.
In 1969, SEIKO succeeded in resolving all these issues and made available to the world for the first time a commercially viable quartz watch. It was a long ten years since the start of development plan of crystal oscillation watch at Suwa Seikosha. To develop a quartz watch for practical use, unique technologies only available by SEIKO were created. For example, adoption of a crystal oscillator cut in the shape of a tuning-fork and development of an IC and step motor to properly operate signals from a crystal oscillator had to be created. Additionally, with a passion to change the future of watches, SEIKO did not pursue monopolization on patent rights of those unique technologies and opened them to the world. Later on, many technologies provided by SEIKO became world standards and have contributed to development of present day quartz watches.
Creating artificial crystals to be a source of a crystal oscillator.

• The world's first quartz watch on the market

Released on December 25, 1969, this watch revolutionized the world of time. It was the "SEIKO Quartz ASTRON." The quartz frequency at that time was 8192 Hz, one-fourth the frequency today. One of the major features of the watch was its step motion second by mounting an open step motor, which became the symbol of quartz watches later on.