My Gene Clark Collection is Complete

bryanhiler · by **bryanhiler** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:21 am

I hope this post was a fitting tribute to a fine craftsman who left a handful of underappreciated watches behind as his artistic legacy.

As an American, I'm glad to know that the Europeans don't have all the talent. Maybe, hopefully, some day Americans will learn to appreciate mechanical watches.

I often think about that picture (unfortunately, not posted here) of Gene holding his daughter Natalia in one arm and Watch No. 7 in the other. As nice as fine watches are, it's the humanity that makes it interesting to me. I think that picture captures that in showing what is really valuable in life.

It would be nice if we could put together a professionally made book/article/whatever using much better quality photographs to capture the details of all the watches he made. If you happen to own one of these watches, or are a family member or friend of Gene's and can help with this project, please get in touch with either Curtis or myself. Without any help from the people who own the watches now, or who have additional information that family members or friends would have, this posting is literally the FULL extent of all that has been published on the life and art of Gene Clark.

bryanhiler@hotmail.com

~Bryan

(Thanks Curtis for posting the pictures.)

by **Sabine** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:36 am

I thought you might be interested in knowing that Gene Clark's Tourbillon No. 4 will be offered in Christie's Geneva 15 November Important Watches auction, lot 212, estimated US$ 50,000-70,000: http://www.christies.com/LotFinder/lot_ ... 1d51866a9e

Curtis · by **Curtis** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:54 am

Hi Sabine,

Thank you for posting and letting us known one of the finest watchmaker's America has produced has a watch being auctioned. Do you have pictures of the movement? If so, we'd love to see them.

Cheers,

Curtis

by **Sabine** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:26 am

Hi Curtis,

My pleasure - detailed images of the watch and the movement are in the online catalogue of the Christie's sale,
http://www.christies.com/eCatalogues/in ... 4E00490DC6

I can email you the movement image if you want as I don't know how to post it.

Thanks a lot

Sabine

Curtis · by **Curtis** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:10 am

Hi all,

Christie's has sent us the auction photos of Gene Clark's No. 4 pocket watch.

I have cropped areas from the larger pics sent...

Thanks to Sabine and Jenny from Christie's.

Cheers,

Curtis

Ophiuchus · by **Ophiuchus** » Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:09 pm

Curtis- these are incredibly beautiful images. Much thanks to Christies for sending them- Gene's No. 4 is absolutely breathtaking. Incredible level of worksmanship!

Curtis · by **Curtis** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 12:47 pm

Hi Ophiuchus,

You're right, this watch is a beauty and Gene was an incredible talent and very generous with his time and knowledge.

Cheers,

Curtis

by **Sabine** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:47 am

Good morning Curtis, I hope you are well since our last email exchanges in 2010 regarding Gene Clark's tourbillon no. 4 which we sold in our Geneva Important Watches sale of November 15, 2010. I am happy to inform you that we are going to sell his watch no. 7 in our upcoming May 14 Important Watches sale, again in Geneva. Please let me know if you would like to receive any additional information in this regard.
With best wishes,
Sabine

Curtis · by **Curtis** » Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:02 am

Hi Sabine,

Thanks for sharing this info with us. Please send me pics and details and I will post them.

Cheers,

Curtis