Antiquorum, the leading horological auction house, is pleased to announce the acquisition of TimeZone.com.
The primary goal for acquiring TimeZone is to maintain continuity, whilst adding Historical and Cultural content to this important web community. Thus widening the spectrum for the TimeZone audience to include watch making dating as far back as the 16th century.
Antiquorum's expertise and competence will expand understanding of the Past; Timezone the Present, and together work on the Future thereby giving watch enthusiasts an unlimited view of horology, including pocket watches and clocks.
Antiquorum's Founder, Chairman and CEO Osvaldo Patrizzi has been a TimeZone fan since the early days and an official supporter for the past several years. His goals for TimeZone are to maintain continuity and independence, and to build on the foundation laid down by Joseph Lam and his predecessors. The combination of Antiquorum and TimeZone is a natural: Antiquorum is an internet pioneer, being among the first major houses to take their auctions online. Antiquorum brings collectors and their dream timepieces together, while TimeZone brings collectors and enthusiasts together and fosters interest in fine timepieces. TimeZone will benefit as Antiquorum contributes historical and cultural background and its expertise and profound understanding of 500 years of watchmaking, greatly expanding TimeZone's resources and making it the most complete horology site on the web. This new partnership is a great step forward for TimeZone.
TimeZone.com in brief:
Founded in 1994, TimeZone is by far the largest English language community web site for wristwatch collectors, enthusiasts, and people seeking information about fine timepieces. TimeZone offers 34 watch-related discussion forums, plus Lifestyle, Automotive, and Photography forums, moderated by a staff of 31 people located in 9 countries. TimeZone offers dedicated discussion forums in the Japanese and French languages, plus Industry News updated several times each week, Industry Interviews, original feature articles, an on-line watch repair school, two sales boards, and a horological tool shop. TimeZone has been reporting on the Basel and Geneva fairs since 1998. TimeZone has over 45,000 registered users worldwide. The site receives almost 70,000 new posts per month and generates more than 9.5 million page views per month. In 2006, TimeZone was visited by more than 3 million unique IP addresses.
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