Hemingway’s and Ritz’s Watches up for auction
Now we’ve had some pearler of celebrity watches on TheNews before but these are right up there. Two pocket watches, one owned by renown American Novelist Ernest Hemmingway and the other French Hotelier, Charles C. Ritz are up for auction at Christies. Both are manual and 18k Gold, Hemingway’s is a L. Leroy & Cie a split Seconds Chronograph and Ritz’s Vacheron Constantin. Here’s a great article explaining Hemingway’s connection to the Ritz in Paris with other luminaires such as F. Scott Fitzgerald. 5 minutes with… Ernest Hemingway’s pocket watch.
Signed photograph from Charles Ritz were given to him as a gift, letter dated 2012.
Photos: Christies