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July 13th, 2009

Angie

Exquisite Chinese Antique

Antique 19th Old Agate Chinese Exquisite *Smoking Pipe*

$6.99

Quantity: 1

Material: Natural Agate

Weight: 16 g

Dimension: 77x12x12mm

Condition: good…

Antique 19th Old Jade Chinese Exquisite *Smoking Pipe*

$8.99

Description

Quantity: 1

Material: Natural Jade Weight: 17 g

Dimension: 77x12x12mm

Condition: good….

Antique 19th Old Natural Agate Chinese Exquisite *Smoking Pipe*

$8.99

Description

Quantity: 1

Material: Natural Agate

Weight: 16 g

Dimension: 77x12x12mm

Condition: good….

Exquisite Fabrics: Traditional Weaving and Embroidery Patterns in China

$182.50

For more than twenty-five hundred years the patterns of Chinese silk textiles captured the imaginations of their beholders. The woven and embroidered designs catalogued in Exquisite Fabrics combine consummate mechanical and technical skill with an aesthetic vision driven by the need to communicate the most important message of Chinese culture.Available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase, this book p…

The Generous Antique Watches, Luxury for Wealth Showing Off

Girard-Perregaux Cat’s Eye Diamond Watch, the most expensive wristwatch in the world

As a kind of weighty artwork, the antique watches are renowned for their rarity, exquisite decoration, function and brand. In the passed 300 years, antique watch has become the fashionable luxury for millionaire to show off the wealth. It not only plays a role of timer but also the symbol of social status and personal identification. In a word, a top antique watch is a piece of art. No matter the exclusive design and top craftsmanship, or the complicated movement, they are all madly pursued by the watches collectors.

Precious Customized Character Pocket Watches

In modern watches market, there is no religion restriction for the antique watches collection. The brands with more precious antique watches production include Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Audemars Piguet, Blancpain, IWC, Cartier, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Rolex, and Girard-Perregaux. They are all with high quality movement and elegant outlook, fully popping out the wealth status of the buyers.

Imperial Customized Pocket Watches

Usually speaking, we can judge the value of antique watches from the aspects of style, appearance, brand, era and movement condition. Besides, the complicated function is one of the premises for their value increase. At the early 18 century, a large amount of mechanical timers were imported into China. Therefore, Chinese mechanical watches started from that period. Due to the influence of those watches, Guangzhou gradually appeared watches making companies. At the beginning, most of the products referred to replica watches. As the technology became more and more mature, the factories were able to successfully produce the precise watches with magnificent decoration. Our country subtly integrated European watch making technology with the traditional craftsmanship of our own, which made Chinese watches making reach its floruit at later 18 century. Compared with the western watches, Chinese ones possessed their own uniqueness.

Precious fashion watches

Various kinds of Vacheron Constantin Inset Watches

It is publicly known that designer watches are the daily consumption of the rich. They pay a lot of attention on choosing watches because to some extent the watches on their wrists are the symbol of their social status and personal identification. Therefore, the watches they selected should be decent, fashionable and magnificent. In modern world, the rich buy brand watches not just to update their beauty but a wisdom choice for investment. And the antique watches are their key target with increasing value as time passes by. Most of the watches in the auction refer to the antique watches.

Antique Couple Watch

If you are a collector of antique watches, there is one thing you have to keep in mind. The brand and shape decide the value of brand watches. The antique watches are rare top collections. For such kind of watches collection, the brand plays an important role. Usually, more famous it is, higher value it owns. And for the brand watches of the same brand, era decides the value. Older and rarer it is, more space for value increase. According to my investigation, the brand watches like Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin, Rolex and Omega can increase the prices to twice or three times through auction. If seen from the perspective of material, watches of platinum are the most expensive. Then 18K, 14K, 9K, silver, gold plated, silver plated and S/S follows one by one. For K gold materials, rose gold is the most expensive. Suppose all the watches are with the same premises, then watches with eccentric shapes are more expensive then the regular ones. For example, watches with square cases are dearer than those of round cases; oblong watches are dearer then square watches. Watches with triangle cases are even more expensive. Therefore, collecting various kinds of antique watches not just pops out the dignified identification of the collector. Their art value, economic value, and market potential are hard to evaluate.

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