Al Capone's watch has been sold for just under $100,000 exposing the luxury lifestyle of the crime king pin. Find out more ...

A Patek Philippe Reference 2499/100, 18k yellow gold perpetual calendar chronograph with moon phases, circa 1982, was the top lot at Phillips with Bacs & Russo Hong Kong Watch Auction: X ...

Then we get into provenance: This example, movement number 686’609, once belonged to none other than Eric Clapton, who sold ...

The Patek Philippe ref. 2499 is considered the holy ... “To date, only three other reference 2499/100 dials with outer scales are known to exist,” says Reardon, “two with telemeter ...

“Slowhand,” fast fingers and priceless wrist adornment, Eric Clapton’s Patek Philippe platinum perpetual ... The reference 2499/100 timepiece with movement number 869'308, and case number ...

So, we drop those extra three days by skipping the leap year every 100 years, meaning we only do this ... especially in stainless steel. In 1951, Patek Philippe brought out the venerable 2499, a ...

2499 bearing the Tiffany ... which offers 100 lots of wristwatches and pocket watches from sought-after brands including Patek Philippe, Rolex, Vacheron Constantin, A. Lange & Söhne, Breguet ...

For starters, in watch collecting circles, the reference 2499 is considered a holy grail timepiece—a Patek Philippe model essential to top-tier collectors. But its co-branding is what makes this ...

Sotheby’s Hong Kong has broken the world record for the price paid for Patek Philippe’s Ref 2499 perpetual calendar chronograph. Selling as part of a single-owner collection of 38 vintage ...

Phillips has picked one incredible vintage Patek Philippe to lead its blockbuster Hong Kong watch auction this November. The Ref. 2499 in question is considered a holy grail timepiece among top ...

I was reminded of this in April, talking to him after the launch of Patek Philippe’s 2021 novelties. Headed by a groundbreaking Linear Perpetual Calendar with the day, date and month shown in ...

She claims the Patek Philippe 2499 was stolen by a since-fired chauffeur, while an unnamed Italian national says he legally purchased the item. “To me, if anything, the watch is just a symbol of ...