Reading Time: < 1 minuteDubai – Hong Kong – Geneva – New York – Milan: 5 live and 5 online auctions – rare and exceptional watches, many fresh-to-market, to resonate with the global collecting community.Christie’s Watches is preparing a peerless line-up of auctions for the second half of 2022, carefully curated by watch loversContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn July 30th, leading high-end watchmaking brand Jacob & Co. donated a one-off timepiece to the yearly Luisaviaroma x Unicef charity gala. After a heated fight between buyers, the watch was auctioned off for 450 000 €, 50% above the retail price of its regular version.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesPhillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is pleased to announce three exceptional timepieces by the founding father of independent watchmaking, George Daniels, to be offered at the Geneva Watch Auction XVI on November 5-6. The unique Spring Case Tourbillon in yellow gold (estimate in excess of CHF 1 million),Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesAt the Concours of Elegance – taking place from 2 to 4 September 2022 in the royal ambience of Hampton Court Palace on the outskirts of London – the attention will again be focused on 60 spectacular and rare automobiles. Once again, the mechanical treasures of A. Lange & SöhneContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesNew York – Important Watches of Exceptional Provenance, Featuring The Kairos Collection Part III, presented across two evening sales on 8-9 June, totalled $21,743,070, setting a new record for the highest total ever for a watches auction at Christie’s New York. The auction was sold 97% by lot, 141% hammer aboveContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesPhillips Continues as the Global Market Leader for Watches, With its Inaugural Spring Sale in New York Realizing $30.3 Million, The Second Highest Total for a U.S. Watch Auction in History Concluding a “White Glove” 100% Sold Season at Phillips Watches with a Total of $127.2 Million With a RemarkableContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Hong Kong Watch Auction: XIV Realises HK$264 Million/ US$33.6 Million, Marking the Highest Ever Total for the Category Staged by Phillips Asia A Possibly Unique Patek Philippe Ref. 3974 in Yellow Gold Sells for HK$19.6M/ US$2.5M, Setting World Record for the Reference The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XIV – TOTAL:Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom 19th to 25th of May, The Design Museum London hosted the OAK Collection Exhibition – a unique show of 168 ‘best of the best’ vintage and contemporary museum-quality watches. I was one of the very lucky to witness the opening of this exhibition.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 11 minutesChristie’s New York presents record-breaking auction of exceptional watchesEstimated in excess of US$14 million, this sale marks a landmark moment for Christie’s New York Important Watches of Exceptional Provenance,Featuring “The Kairos Collection” Part III LIVE EVENING SALE | 8-9 JUNEEXHIBITION PREVIEW AT CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK | 3-8 JUNE After theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe Oak collection offers a selection of exceptional timepieces, collected over 40 years. The diversity and rarity of the collection, in combination with the watches quality, excellent provenance and perfect condition, make this collection an hommage both to Haute Horlogerie and to the passing of time. Each of the 600Continue Reading
Reading Time: 14 minutesMany owners of the finest, rarest and most valuable objects keep them under lock and key in virtual fortresses where they are jealously guarded and seldom – if ever – shared with the public. But this spring a passionate horophile who has spent the past four decades quietly building whatContinue Reading