The Geneva Watch Auction: XXIV

At a crowded bench in Herzogenrath, Richard Miklosch made precision pocket watches by hand in his spare time. A rare flying tourbillon invites us into his world.

Aurel Bacs reflects on three decades of friendship with author, scholar, and collector Pucci Papaleo as the first part of his remarkable collection of vintage Rolex chronographs comes to auction.

Aurel Bacs and Alexandre Ghotbi choose four watches whose real significance only emerges when you look a little closer.

This unusual yellow gold Calatrava belongs to a small group of personalized Patek Philippe watches whose dials appear to encode the names of their intended recipients.

Tiffany To and Marcello de Marco make the case for six watches that sit at the sharp end of collecting.

A quarter of a century ago, the Harry Winston Opus began giving barely known independent watchmakers creative freedom and credit for their work. With a unique Opus One Tourbillon coming to The Geneva Watch Auction XXIV, we revisit the people, ideas, and encounters behind the series’ first five collaborations.