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$8,420,55593% Sold by Lot | 131% Hammer Above Low Estimate Alexandre Bigler, Vice-President, Head of Watches, Christie’s Asia Pacific, commented: “The outstanding results established for Watches Online: Top of theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesHONG KONG – 16 MARCH 2023 – Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is honoured to announce the unveiling of several artefacts once belonging to Aisin-Giro Puyi, the last Emperor of the Qing dynasty, at the opening of Phillips’ new Asia headquarters in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesA unique moment in horology history, never has such an array of F.P. Journe timepieces been brought together in one auction to celebrate a single independent watchmaker. Amongst the emblematic references offered at The Art of F.P. Journe auction are a platinum Tourbillon Souverain with a superb jade dial; a superb example of the ‘Pré-Souscription’ platinum Chronomètre à Résonance; the iconic Centigraphe Souverain withContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesTop of The TimeHong Kong Watches Online | 10 -20 March 2023Total number of lots: 110Low estimate: HK$ 40 million A world-class curation of contemporary complicated wristwatches of the very highest calibreIncluding two of Patek Philippe’s greatest masterpieces – rarely seen at auctionContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutes20 February 2023 – The bar has been set high for 2023, with 2022 an exception year for watches at Christie’s. While the sustained demand for vintage Rolex and Patek Philippe timepieces was reaffirmed, Christie’s private sales rose by 73% year on year, as Christie’s continued to strengthen its position as the referenceContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesJaeger-LeCoultre is delighted to announce the launch of The Collectibles, a new programme for collectors and enthusiasts who wish to acquire a piece of history from La Grande Maison. Introduced to coincide with 190 years of the Manufacture, it will form part of Jaeger-LeCoultre’s ongoing offer.Continue Reading