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Best wishes
Alkiro
Another Dufour Simplicity selling for a QM.
Just letting the community know. Astounding.
This seems to be the new normal.
Now at least two examples ( that I know of) have produced these numbers, and NOT AT AUCTION, which is even more astounding.
This example is a 37mm RG lacquer dial.
So one has to wonder what the platinum 37mm would bring.
This seems to be the new normal.
Now at least two examples ( that I know of) have produced these numbers, and NOT AT AUCTION, which is even more astounding.
This example is a 37mm RG lacquer dial.
So one has to wonder what the platinum 37mm would bring.
Madness!
I wonder if it's bit of an artificial bubble Brought on by the recent spate of high profile auctions.
Can't imagine it would be sustainable.
PS imagine what these things will fetch once Mr D finally passed on (hopefully many many many years from now)
Can't imagine it would be sustainable.
PS imagine what these things will fetch once Mr D finally passed on (hopefully many many many years from now)
Bounce
The two examples I am aware of were many months, maybe even close to a year apart, I don't know if 'the recent spate of auctions' had any influence, or relevance.
Do you mean the PT 37mm with lacquer?
A PT 37 guilloche (my favourite) sold last year (very possibly one of the two to which you refer).
I agree these results are impressive...but if I could I still would
Cheers,
Brandon
I agree these results are impressive...but if I could I still would
Cheers,
Brandon
It's a tough call
I think I'd need lots and lots of time with the 34 and the 37 to decide which one I prefer! Hehe. Shame it'll probably never happen.
But the guilloche dial...yeah, that's a winner. What a glorious thing and while the lacquer dial is lovely, the guilloche is, to my eyes at least, truly extraordinary.
Best
E.
But the guilloche dial...yeah, that's a winner. What a glorious thing and while the lacquer dial is lovely, the guilloche is, to my eyes at least, truly extraordinary.
Best
E.
Hey Steve!
Certainly just the opposite reaction would be expected. Hold on to your precious Simplicities.
Crazy to who...
Vintage Pateks and such that were bought for 5-25K going for over a million... all relative.
Incredible! How much do you think the Simplicity of M. Dufour could reach one day? I cannot imagine
Best wishes
Alkiro
I wonder how Dufour feels...
And how would he charge special clients now who are ordering the "post-200" Simplicities
Regards,
skyeriding
Regards,
skyeriding
He's probably proud of his work. May be he'll increase a little bit his prices but he won't double or triple them IMHO. This Master watchmaker is not motivated by money but much more by the quality of his work (of art!)
Best wishes
Alkiro
Alkiro
Agree Aikiro.
History means so much to him. He worries these traditional techniques will vanish if so few employ them. He lamented that there is no book, or video to teach these techniques.
I had the special good fortune to spend time with Dufour
And my view is that he is deeply gratified, yet also is sobered by his own personal realities that are separate from the market for his work. He can not make another Philippe Dufour.
Every time I see these recent sales reports about the Simplicity...
...I feel better and better about the Chopard LUC 1.96
This is in extremely poor taste, but when Mr. Dufour ceases to exist....
What happens to Simplicity prices?