Reading Time: 5 minutesPhillips in Association with Bacs & Russo achieves CHF 47,172,380 / $52,488,707 / €47,993,179 in The Geneva Watch Auction: XVII, more than doubling the pre-sale low estimate of CHF 20 million and continuing an over two-year streak of selling 100% of lots offered. Held over two days on 13 andContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom 18 to 30 May, Christie’s Watches Online: The Geneva Edit will offer a selection of remarkable timepieces curated from a refined circle of ultra-exclusive timepieces at the nexus of high watchmaking and high jewellery. A vast number of lots from this sale will be exhibited at the new Christie’s Geneva Office between 22 and 26Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesGeneva – The first ever dedicated auction for a living independent watchmaker, The Art of F.P. Journe, was 100% sold at Christie’s Geneva on May 12, realising CHF13,665,300 / US$15,314,702 or approximately CHF350,000 per watch. Clients from 20 countries across 4 continents participated in the sale. EMEA represented 52% of buying,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutes Geneva, 4 May 2023 – Following the success of Christie’s Geneva watch auctions in November 2022, which totalled CHF 55,548,348 and had sell-through rates of 100% and 99.11%, Christie’s is proud to present the Rare Watches auction, including a compelling selection of wristwatches from Rolex, Patek Philippe, F.P.Journe, Cartier and many more,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Superlative in Modern and Vintage Watches – The Ultimate Collection Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 26 May 2023Live Auction: The Ultimate Collection – Single Owner | 107 lots | low estimate HK$ 90 millionContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesDubai, 17 April 2023 – From 24 April to 4 May, Christie’s Watches Online: The Dubai Edit celebrates springtime with a vintage marvel: the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Ref. 4100BA ‘Maktoum Dial’ (dial signed Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the current ruler of Dubai), dating from 1980 (Est: US$30,000-50,000).Continue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesNEW YORK – Phillips in Association with Bacs and Russo are honored to announce the first public sale of Roger Smith’s Pocket Watch Number Two, an historically important timepiece that represents a landmark achievement in the industry and the cornerstone of the 21st-century English watchmaking renaissance. There has been noContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesLegends of modern watchmakingWatches Online: The Dubai Edit | 24 April – 4 May 2023Total number of lots: 138Low estimate: US$ 9.412 million Dubai, 13 April 2023 – Christie’s Middle East opens its Spring 2023 auction season with an offering of contemporary and vintage timepieces carefully curated to capture the breadth of modern watchmakingContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesPhillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is pleased to unveil highlights ahead of The Geneva Watch Auction: XVII. The sale features some of the rarest and most coveted examples of horology from across the 20th and 21st centuries. On offer are watches that will attract both the budding enthusiastContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Patek Philippe ‘Sky Moon Tourbillon’ achieved US$ 5.8 million / HK $45.4 millionChristie’s Hong Kong Top Of The Time Watches OnlineTotalled HK$65,811,600 / US$8,420,55593% Sold by Lot | 131% Hammer Above Low Estimate Alexandre Bigler, Vice-President, Head of Watches, Christie’s Asia Pacific, commented: “The outstanding results established for Watches Online: Top of theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesHONG KONG – 16 MARCH 2023 – Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is honoured to announce the unveiling of several artefacts once belonging to Aisin-Giro Puyi, the last Emperor of the Qing dynasty, at the opening of Phillips’ new Asia headquarters in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District.Continue Reading