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Charlie Sheen And His Patek Philippes

Nicolas Scatena — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 04:22:41 +0000

Charlie Sheen has been known for his prolific acting career but not many people know about his crazy Patek Philippe collection. Charlie Sheen once appeared in an April’s Fool advertisement with his father wearing a fake Patek Philippe. Nevertheless, Charlie and his father Martin have always bought their own Pateks and even worn them on his movies and TV series without Patek having to place these watches.

Recently the actor has been going through many ups and downs. He was once the highest paid actor on TV but has been going through his own problems such as his alcohol and drug addiction. Since then he has cleaned himself up. In an interview with Jansen YouTube Channel in 2017, he was seen wearing a Patek Philippe Ref. 5712 with a blue dial. This Patek is no ordinary watch and is highly prized timepiece with a price of $52,500.

In 2013 he was the lead actor in a Lance Armstrong movie that never came to be. The movie deal was reported by The Potato online site as being produced by JJ Abrams. A photograph from The Potato features Charlie Sheen wearing a Patek Ref. 5970/1p. This same exact watch was lost by him in a hotel room and it is not yet clear if he has gotten it returned.

Charlie has been known to have many more Pateks in his collection. It is known by close connections that Charlie Sheen has one of the largest and most impressive vintage Patek collections of any ‘celebrity’ collector and rarely buys any other brand.

He is spotted here in his 2012-2014 TV series: Anger Management episode “Charlie’s Dad Visits” with a Jaeger-LeCoultre Memovox.

The Man Who Sold The World’s Most Expensive Watch

Nicolas Scatena — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 01:38:15 +0000

Aurel Bacs is the Philips auctioneer who sold a Rolex Daytona formerly owned by Paul Newman which sold for more than 17 million dollars. In the video below, Mr. Bacs talks through his watch collection and also reflects on the sale of the Paul Newman Daytona as one of the most exciting moments in his life. From the IWC he received for his first communion to an 18k gold Zenith El Primero he bought on a whim during a birthday party.

The previous most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction was a solid gold Rolex with diamond indices that was once owned by Bao Dai, the last emperor of Vietnam. The gorgeous “Paul Newman” white dial with black sub-registers, push-down chronograph buttons, and black acrylic bezel. What you may not know is that back when these watches were in production, no one wanted these “exotic” dials and they sat on the shelf for years. They started to become popular in the 1980s when Italian collectors discovered them and nicknamed them “Paul Newman”.

Robert Downey Jr. and His Epic Watch Collection

Nicolas Scatena — Fri, 22 Jun 2018 17:08:51 +0000

As many know him as Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr. has a profound watch collection with many backstories to each watch. GQ sits down with the Iron Man star, RDJ as he shows off his extensive watch collection and explains the stories behind each and every one of them. Some watches in his collection include Rolex, Patek Phillipe, Omega, and Jaeger-LeCoultre timepieces. His most expensive watch in the collection is of course the Jaeger-LeCoultre AMVOX3 Tourbillion GMT ranging at around 92,000 USD.

Sit back and enjoy this nice and comical video put together by GQ.

Patek Philippe 5980R case refinishing

Nicolas Scatena — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 13:22:32 +0000

Below is Patrick Desbiolles, Head of Swiss Watchmakers, explaining the case refinishing for a Patek Philippe 5980R. As he explains that when working on the case refinishing you have to be very very careful. This Nautilus features a beautiful 18k solid rose gold case with a contrasting leather bracelet. Varied Price: US$69,000.

https://swisswatchland.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/f7f501cd-c17c-4b7a-a3bb-450fe73a03f8.mp4