Reading Time: 4 minutes Capping a stellar Autumn-Winter season, a spectacular watch offering for fans of audacious mechanics and iconic designs Where else but in New York: Christie’s Watches captures the spirit of independence and the mystique of icon status in watchmaking Christie’s Fine Watchmaking: Important Timepieces and the Independent Collection Online Auction |Continue Reading
Reading Time: 9 minutes Special displays, which are used in the construction of mechanical watch movements to uncouple the functions indicated on the dial from the going train, were of interest to watchmakers at a very early stage. These complications, which include jumping and retrograde displays, offer the possibility of new technical and aestheticContinue Reading
Reading Time: < 1 minute The OMEGA Speedmaster CK2915-1 sold for CHF 3,115,500 far exceeding the estimated auction price of 80,000 to 120,000 Swiss Francs. The striking timepiece was among the first batch of OMEGA Speedmaster watches released in 1957 as part of the brand’s “Trilogy” of professional watches, which also included the Seamaster 300Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes The first online auction of the fall/winter season, the Watches Online: The Dubai Edit, which ended on October 27, passed the USD 10m mark once again. Solid follow-through after the strong online sale in spring – USD 14m (vs USD 2.5m in 2013). The Dubai sale had the highest numberContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hong Kong – Christie’s is proud to present The Triazza Collection – an unprecedented collection of five exceptional, rare, and important Patek Philippe timepieces manufactured from 1924 – 1987, astutely acquired by a prominent private Asian collector. The non-selling exhibition will offer watch lovers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to appreciate the exceptionally rare andContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutes Engaging the Global Community Christie’s continues to expand its 360o proposition for watch lovers and collectors, new and seasoned, across generations and time zones. Dubai – Hong Kong – Geneva – Milan – New York 9 live and online auctions featuring rare and sought-after watches, including: The Rolex Deep Sea #1Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes To Highlight the Rare Watches Autumn Auction on 8 November, Christie’s Geneva is thrilled to announce a double premiere: for the first time at auction, the first example of “L’Heure d’Or”, Patek Philippe’s Ref. 2523 two crown world time.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hong Kong, 12 October 2021 – Two historical rarities will be offered in Christie’s Hong Kong Important Watches auction on 27 November: an extremely historically important Patek Philippe split-second chronograph Ref. 1436 in 18K yellow gold from 1946, ordered by and sold to Henry Graves Jr. (estimate: HK$11,500,000-23,500,000/ US$ 1,500,000-3,000,000), alongside an 18k gold and enamel, pearl-set musical, perfumeContinue Reading
Reading Time: 9 minutes Short-time measurement provided by watches’ chronograph function is one of the most demanding horological complications to achieve because of the indispensable precision and reliability of these mechanisms. The chronograph first appeared in the early 19th century as a compteur de tierces, and was subsequently enriched with numerous innovations, notably includingContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutes This watch is THE FIRST AND ONLY Rolex Deep Sea Special that made the first dive attached to Auguste Piccard’s bathyscaphe Trieste in 1953. On this watch that made history, the case, the original movement and the bracelet are in perfect working condition.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutes Christie’s, The Marvel(ous) Sale: one of the most posted, talked and written about watches when it debuted in April 2021 – offered at auction for the first time, the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept ‘Marvel Black Panther’ Flying Tourbillon. The sale also channels the spirit of Gerald Genta through the Royal Oaks, Nautilus, and a Minute Repeater amongContinue Reading