Inside FutureGrail’s new watch museum in Singapore: how the private museum in an unassuming warehouse is widening the scope of timepiece collecting beyond Patek Philippe, Rolex and Omega
FutureGrail’s warehouse exhibition space features more than 200 ultra-rare and vintage timepieces restored to perfection, including the J.W. Benson Navigator’s Watch
Prominent timepiece collector and investor Ali Nael and business partner Mohsin Rizvi run the show, with Patek Philippe Museum’s former head Arnaud Tellier as chief curator
An unassuming warehouse in Singapore probably seems like an unlikely place for a priceless collection of historic timepieces, including ornate Patek Philippe table clocks and vintage Audemars Piguet pocket watches.
But that is exactly where a new watch museum, an initiative by watch investment advisory firm FutureGrail, is located. It houses over 200 ultra-rare timepieces restored and polished to perfection, and is open to the public by appointment.
Highlights include the Navigator’s Watch by J.W. Benson from the 1900s, which is one of the most complex watches made in the history of horology, with complications like 24-hour World Time for 63 cities as well as a planisphere.
Then there is a unique 18-carat gold enamel and pearl amphora-shaped perfume bottle from 1805. Attributed to Piguet & Capt, it has a key-winding concealed watch and was sent to China’s imperial court. Its “twin brother” is kept in the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva.
FutureGrail was launched by prominent watch collector and investor Ali Nael and his business partner Mohsin Rizvi. The warehouse space also houses the firm’s tax-free storage facility, which is why it is situated in this industrial location.
Their aim is to augment Singapore’s horology community by introducing vintage watch collecting to a wider range of enthusiasts.
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