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Auction Coverage: A Morning with the Mega Timepieces by Phillips Hong Kong Watch Auction Two. And a LOT of Pictures.

5/31/2016

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Three Dream Pateks. From left to right: Ref. 2523 the world timer, Ref. 2499 in rose gold, Ref. 5004P, Sir Eric Clapton's unique commission piece.
Some mornings are just better than others. They just are. This morning is one such morning.

After wrapping up a massively successful watch auction in Geneve and saw some of the most valuable vintage timepieces change hands not long ago, renowned auction house Phillips has no plan to slow down and comes back with their second Hong Kong-based watch auction aptly named "Hong Kong Watch Auction: Two", to be held in Mandarin Oriental, Central, Hong Kong on 31st May. When Phillips is involved, you can bet there will be no shortage of absolutely mega timepieces to go under the hammer and here in Lengbeau we are so glad that notion is as valid as ever. While Phillips is doing what it does best curating amazing timepieces, Lengbeau does what it does best too: getting up close and personal with these "one day, maybe" watches for our readers. Ready? Read on to find out our top topics of the auction and enjoy our high definition pictures.

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Auction News: The Hong Kong Watch Auction: TWO by Phillips 

5/24/2016

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Renowned auction house Phillips will be hosting its second Hong Kong-based watch auction on 31st May which will see a number of mega watches to go under the hammer. Lengbeau will be previewing the pieces this weekend and will return with our photo report. Stay tuned!

To browse the star-studded catalogue of this event, go here. 
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Analysis: Twelve Legendary Watch Families that Defined Modern Horology (and What Makes Them Awesome)(Part 2)

5/22/2016

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Following our Part 1 of the "Twelve Legendary Watch Families" series last week, we are coming back with the later half of the list. Up next in our list are six absolute icons from IWC, Panerai and more.

Let's check them out!

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Analysis: Twelve Legendary Watch Families that Defined Modern Horology (and What Makes Them Awesome)(Part 1)

5/16/2016

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When Lengbeau was first founded some eight months ago, there was a specific feature we were particularly excited to do: to introduce to our readers what we believe are the twelve most iconic, important mechanical watch models from twelve different watch manufacturers, and hopefully in the process of doing so, quickly familiarise you with the quintessential timepieces and watch brands that you cannot afford to not know. 

Started off as an idea in which we'd wish to produce a full-length coverage of each of the twelve pieces (in fact, we did manage to do one, for the Rolex Submariner), we quickly realised this might not be the most efficient way to go about this. As a result, we are coming back with this very feature to introduce all these legendary watches to you in two parts, so you could have a quick, good sense of what they are and what make them great. And at the end of this feature, you should be able to at least name ONE signature watch from the likes of Rolex, Audemars Piguet or Heuer. 

​Ready? Let's meet the legends.

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Analysis: A Quick Guide to Key Watch Complications (and What Angelina Jolie Has to Do with One of Them)

5/7/2016

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We guarantee the Angelina Jolie part will appear somewhere in this article. Read on.

​We all know what a watch fundamentally does: it tells time, either to the accuracy of a minute (for two-hand watches) or a second (for three-hand ones). However, a good amount of mechanical watches, especially in the realm of Haute Horlogerie, were created to do so much more than just telling you what time it is. Some give you extra information such as date and day of the week. A chronograph watch allows you to measure the lapse of time. While an annual calendar watch saves you the hassle of having to adjust for the date at the turn of a month for at least a year. These features are what we call "Complications". And they are totally awesome.

A Complication is essentially any extra feature a watch possesses beyond simple time-telling. And in this episode of Analysis, we will break down for you several popular and significant Complications to give you a good sense of the matter so next time when that watch sales is trying to promote a complicated watch to you, you'd know exactly what he/she's talking about.

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