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
Reading Time: 17 minutes24 May at Christie’s Watches Hong Kong:Presenting many of the world’s most complicated watches, alongside unique models that have never been seen before at auction THE CHAMPION COLLECTION, PART III: THE ARTISTRY OF COMPLICATIONSLive Sale – Single Owner | 24 May 2022 | 73 lotsTotal low estimate: HK$80,000,000 – CHF 9.7Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesA unique, charismatic and unusual wristwatch from the Wristmons collection of Konstantin Chaykin, the Russian independent watchmaker, who began his career in 2003. Production year: 2022. Stainless steel case with black PVD-coating, diameter 42mm, thickness 13.7mm, dial with two types of guilloché, bezel with the letter ‘J’ and the symbolsContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesChristie’s Watches Online: The Geneva EditWhen Automatic becomes Charismatic The most desirable pieces from the star sports collectionsby Richard Mille, Audemars Piguet and Patek Philippe Online sale | 3 – 17 May 2022 | 251 lots | Total low estimate: CHF 3-6 million (fltr) Just a hint of the panoply ofContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesChristie’s Hong Kong presents a masterpieceof Haute Horlogerie debuting at auction PATEK PHILIPPE 605 HEURES UNIVERSELLES Highlighting Christie’s Hong Kong Live Sale, 24 May Hong Kong – It’s a horological masterpiece combining a movement of high mechanical ingenuity with a design of exceptional aesthetical appeal, in excellent condition and of extreme rarity, that willContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe finest collection of Patek Philippe contemporary timepieces ever to appear at auction Curated by a private distinguished collector with a discerning eye for excellence and the ability to acquire the rarest watches, The Kairos Collection is the fruit of years of dedicated focus and a passion for the most prestigiousContinue Reading
Reading Time: 7 minutesChristie’s Watches Dubai has earned its place as a key hub for collectors and the place where sellers can be sure of achieving strong prices for exceptional pieces Over 200 lots have been consigned for the season’s first sale in the region; among them, a double highlight embodied by theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesFerdinand Berthoud opened his Traité Des Montres À Longitudes[1], published in 1792, with a description of a vertical watch. Produced two years earlier, this newly developed timepiece was the first in a series featuring a vertically positioned dial. A portable timepiece, on sea and on land Around 1785, Ferdinand BerthoudContinue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesDubai, 23 February 2022 – It is with great excitement – and anticipation – that Christie’s will for the first time ever at auction be presenting international collectors and admirers of Greubel Forsey, with two superb examples of the incredible GMT Sport, in titanium. The blue version is a limited edition ofContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesAntiquorum founded in 1974, has been at the forefront of the success of the Royal Oak. Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak has a long history on the auction market and incredible Royal Oak went under the hammer at Antiquorum.In 1992, Antiquorum auctioned its first Royal Oak timepieces in Geneva at HotelContinue Reading