Tick-Talk: 2025 watch-buying advice from timepiece experts

Tick-Talk: 2025 watch-buying advice from timepiece experts

Shawn Stockman | @shawnstockmanofficial NY Post photo composite The founding member of Boyz II Men favors practical yet elegant timepieces, like the Jaeger-LeCoultre watch that Pierce Brosnan (right) sports in the “Thomas Crown Affair.” First watch: A Sears special-edition Tigger watch my dad bought me when I was 7. It was really cool because his … Read more

Tick-Talk: 2023 watch-buying advice from timepiece experts

Tick-Talk: 2023 watch-buying advice from timepiece experts

Patek Philippe Calatrava watch (right) in white gold, $30,750 at London Jewelers My first watch: An old Tissot that used to belong to my father, before he handed it on to me. As a kid, I used to buy old watches at yard sales; this was when battery-powered watches were in the ascendance, so you … Read more

Tick-Talk: 2022 watch-buying advice from timepiece experts

Tick-Talk: 2022 watch-buying advice from timepiece experts

Le Bernardin Chef/Co-owner Eric Ripert and Heritage Auctions Consignment Director Michael Schmidt talk timepieces. Patek Philippe Calatrava watch (above) in white gold, $30,750 My first watch: A Cartier Santos (above) from my mother when I was 14 or 15. The dial window is sapphire, with a stainless-steel and gold bracelet. Very simple, but a beautiful … Read more