HARRIS A S | December 30, 2009
Waterman’s Vintage Fountain Pens. One of my sons is interested to use an old fountain pen. He knows, apart from watches, I used to have a good number of pens in my collections and I have not seen any of them for years. All of them had been packed in boxes together with receipts of [...]
HARRIS A S | December 28, 2009
My friend Raf and Patek Philippe model reference 2526. Each time I visited Sydney, I would not miss the auction houses, since there were many old desirable watches to bid for. All the time Raf was present at virtually all the auction houses. After we had come to know each other, we did not underbid [...]
HARRIS A S | December 25, 2009
Too beautiful not to share with other vintage-watch lovers. The beauty of this watch is just too stunning to keep it to myself. I decide to share it with other vintage-watch lovers. It belongs to a good friend of mine and from whom I have learned a lot about Omega watches. My friend inherited this [...]
HARRIS A S | December 25, 2009
Watch with an attractive 18k solid gold mirror dial. Even during the good old days, very rarely we see a watch that comes with an 18k solid gold dial. As for Patek Philippe & Cie, anything that is yellow is usually 18k solid gold while, many other brand-names do produce dials in yellow but they [...]
HARRIS A S | December 24, 2009
I have always been fascinated with gold-capped watches, especially amongst those produced by Omega and Longines. Creating a watch movement is indeed artful and beyond the imagination of most of us and as startling is the production of its case with solid gold-capping. There is an extra amount of work to be performed, in order [...]
HARRIS A S | December 22, 2009
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HARRIS A S | December 19, 2009
An old Omega Seamaster bumper automatic 1950 It is not easy to lay your hands on an old Omega Seamaster in 80 microns gold. This watch must have escaped the furnace of the gold-smiths because the metal has no monetary-value, at all. To these people, they did not appreciate the beauty of the watch dial [...]
HARRIS A S | December 17, 2009
My first used Patek Philippe 18k solid white gold was a rip-off. It is just beyond belief the name of Rolex was virtually on everyone’s lips when quality brand-name was mentioned, even as early as the 60’s and 70’s in Singapore. From the poorest to the richest, wearing a Rolex watch was a status symbol. [...]
HARRIS A S | December 14, 2009
Corum Diamond US$10.00 Coin watch US Bicentennial 1776-1976. Sometime in 1990, I made another trip to Singapore and managed to get a copy of Sotheby’s New York auction catalogue. There were several stunning watches to be auctioned at a give-away price, then. I went to Sotheby’s office, then situated at the Hotel Intercontinental Singapura at [...]
HARRIS A S | December 13, 2009
Yesteryear Rolex Guarantee Book. As promised earlier, I have managed to un-earthed the old Rolex Guarantee Book. Unfortunately, a beautiful stainless-steel watch accompanied by this certificate is long gone.
