Reading Time: 7 minutesStarting the engines In the complex and beautiful world of fine watchmaking, releasing each new watch with a new movement is extremely rare. It is more than unusual, and it is way past the point where something could politely be described as eccentric. In the watch industry, creating a newContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesPatek Philippe ref. 1518 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph: The only publicly known reference 1518 to be double-signed, numbered and certified by Cartier at Rare Watches Geneva Live Sale, Christie’s Geneva, 7 November 2022.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesChristie’s Hong Kong Watches Autumn Auctions IMPORTANT WATCHES FEATURING THE TRIAZZA COLLECTION PART ILive Sale – Various Owners | 27 November 2022 | 223 lots | Total low estimate: HK$ 120 million THE CHAMPION COLLECTION PART VI: ‘THE FINEST WATCHMAKING’Live Sale – Single Owner | 27 November 2022 | 82Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesSwiss Watchmaking and High Jewellery Maison PIAGET has partnered with the famed Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, the world’s premier leader in the field of watch auction, for the first time to create the Altiplano Origin China Special Edition, limited to 21 pieces. As the first collector watchContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe recent Spring-Summer 2022 watch auction season confirmed the reputation of Christie’s Geneva as the prime selling venue for Rolex timepieces, when the Cosmograph Ref. 6269 ‘Jack of Diamonds’ sold for CHF1,614,000, and the Paul Newman Tropical Lemon Cosmograph Daytona Ref. 6264 achieved CHF1,071,000. The auction totalled just under CHF24Continue Reading
Reading Time: 8 minutesHaving set the benchmark for online auctions at Christie’s with blockbuster sales in March 2021 (US$ 15 million) and March 2022 (US$ 12 million), Christie’s Dubai reaffirms its stature and position as a global hub. True to form, the region’s leading auction house kicks off the second half of theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 7 minutesPhillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is pleased to announce highlights ahead of The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XV, which will take place over the course of two sessions on 28 to 29 November at the JW Marriott in Hong Kong. Featuring over 260 lots, the sale will beContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesGeneva, 20 September 2022 – Christie’s Watches is delighted to announce Legendary and Unique Watches: The Collection of a Lifetime, presenting 112 timepieces considered rare treasures by astute collectors. Not one of these watches has ever been offered at auction and many carry the most coveted and desirable specifications. One-offContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesGENEVA – 20 SEPTEMBER 2022 – Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is pleased to unveil highlights ahead of The Geneva Watch Auction: XVI. Alongside the recently announced exceptionally rare wristwatches by George Daniels will be an assembly of the finest collectible vintage and contemporary pieces, covering the bestContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes‘Naissance d’une Montre” (‘Birth of a Watch’) brings together craftsmen in an endeavour to preserve horological knowledge; the result is an alliance of talent and expertise characterised by cooperation and sharing.After having unveiled the fusée-and-chain mechanism and the machine tools that will be used to produce ‘Naissance d’une Montre 3’Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesPhillips is pleased to announce the results of The Geneva Sessions, Phillips’ first online auction curated by watch specialists in Geneva. The sale achieved CHF 2,664,774 and was led by a Patek Philippe Nautilus chronograph in pink gold ref 5980/1R which sold for CHF 252,000. Over 600 bidders from theContinue Reading