Audemars Piguet OFFSHORE SEBASTIEN BUEMI LIMITED 250pcs

Last month, we reported that a classic collection of omega watches belonging to the Mount Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary is headed to the auction. If you failed to hang one of precious timepieces, there is another chance to watch to pay tribute to the great adventurer. The new series of Tenzing Hillary Explorer is a limited edition of hree variations on the classic Explorer omega worn by Sir Edmund on his historic climb in 1953. The price of $39,000 and limited to only 88 examples, t........

I'll start this post with a disclaimer: by the time I had a chance to write about the watch that inspired this post, it was sold out. I decided it was worth writing about anyway, since it is a beautiful watch by an interesting brand, being sold at a fantastic store. That watch, of course, is the MKII Vantage for Epaulet. The now discontinued and sold out MKII Vantage is an homage to the timeless omega Explorer. There is a fairly thorough history of the omega here, but to briefly summarize the Ex........