Albert Einstein was one of the rarest phenomenon’s the world has ever seen. He is best known for his scientific discoveries, namely his theory of relativity. He is revered as the Genius God Father of physics by geeks all around the world, and in 1999 he was haled by Time Magazine as “Person of the Century”. Even though he has been deceased for 53 years, his spirit and legacy lives on. You may ask yourself, how the hell does this relate to watches?
Well, On October 16Th,2008 Antiquorum had yet another absolutely record breaking auction in NYC. I mean with the way the current state of affairs is with the global economy, that is quite and outstanding feat. Of course Patek Philippe made history by selling a Ref 2499 Yellow Gold first series made in 1956, for over one and a half million dollars. So Patek still proves to be the legendary auction champion, by outdoing themselves every time. However, The hero, The excitement that stole the show was a Longines watch made in 1930 and presented to Professor Albert Einstein on February 16, 1931 in Los Angeles. This very unique specialty piece broke two records, First for a time only watch and Second for Longines. This watch went for five hundred and ninety six thousand dollars which is a record breaking estimated 2,000 percent of it’s original value.
The watch is nothing to really right home about. It is very simple and classic. The watch in my estimation is anywhere between a 32 mm to 34 mm in case size. So it was quite small. The case is a touneau shaped gold filled case, manual wind, white Arabic dial, which has a very nice patina from the age of the watch. The strap is a dark brown calf strap that looks completely war distressed which gives it incredible character.
This certainly proves that in an economy worse than the great depression, watches are still absolutely most sought after, and the spirit of Albert Einstein lives on by being resurrected and making history at Antiquorum.
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JOHNNY FLYBACK 