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Another day, another Celebrity watch from Phillips/Bacs & Russo
I don’t know where Bacs & Russo keep digging up these gems, but they are truly the best in the business at the moment. The Paul Newman Paul Newman Daytona, the White Gold 6265 Daytona and now this Steve McQueen Submariner 5513. Currently owned by former stuntman Loren Janes’ family, McQueen gifted the watch to him after years of him serving as his stuntman in…wait for it…19 films. Janes’ home burned down in 2016 but they dug this watch out of the rubble. The story made its way to Rolex and they took care of restoring it. All of this is clearly documented by Rolex and seems on the up and…
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Homage to Walter Lange in Stainless Steel
Watch brand extraordinaire A. Lange & Söhne showed off a 1 of 1 stainless steel Homage to Walter Lange at this year’s SIHH. The watch will be auctioned off in Geneva by Phillips in May. The watch features a stoppable sweep seconds hand and a black enamel dial in a stainless steel case. The center seconds is a jumping hand and a wonderful counterpoint to the sweeping sub-seconds hand. The caliber called L1924, an homage to Lange’s birth year. Other references will be produced in precious metals; yellow, white, and pink gold. Why did I write about this? Three things: Black enamel dial, what what!!! My son is named Walter. …
