Insights by Momentum

Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance
The 2019 Pebble Beach Concours D'Elegance
Pebble Beach Concours D' Elegance is always a feast for the eyes and inspiration for the imagination.
The world's most spectacular (and most painstakingly restored) Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Porsches...

BASELWORLD
Baselworld 2019: A New Age for the World's Premier Watch Show?
More than a century ago the little town of Basel in Switzerland became something like the center wheel of the watchmaking industry. The year 1917 saw the opening of the first Schweizer Mustermesse,...

Patek Philippe
The "Three C's" of Watch Collecting
There's an old saying – "One man's trash is another man's treasure." Being in this business I've often wondered to myself: What is it, exactly, that determines the relative value of a collectible?
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Bezel
How to Use the Bezel Markings on Your Watch
I find it quite surprising just how many people wear watches with markings on the bezel, but don’t know how they work, or what the markings are actually for. If you’re one of those – this article i...

BASELWORLD
The Baselworld Buzz – A Watch-Lover’s Guide to the 2016 Fair
Back in 1917, at the first Schweizer Mustermesse fair in Basel, a few Swiss watchmakers exhibited their timepieces to the world. Their limited presence at the fair became an annual ev...

audemars piguet
Commemorative Watches
In this month’s article, we look at examples of special-order watches from Rolex, Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe. These unique timepieces were created to celebrate different occasions and have ...

Blancpain
In Excess: Diamond Watches
Here‘s a selection of some truly superb diamond watches that pack a great deal of ‘sparkle’:
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Hublot’s US$5 million Bing Bang
Hublot's unique diamond-crusted Big Ba...

GMT
Travel Companion
As summer kicks in and travel plans get made, we look at the history of “the” travel watch, the Rolex GMT, as well as some modern options

collecting watches
A moment of pride
Provenance, or the history of ownership, is one of the most important factors when determining the value of an object, and this is particularly true in the case of watches.
In 2005, the Rolex Ma...