Christie's 7 Nov

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Reading Time: 3 minutesGeneva, 15 September 2023 – The Rare Watches Live Auction at Christie’s Geneva on 7 November will present  three remarkable timepieces sure to create a buzz amongst global watch enthusiasts:  – Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 3700/31 – the only publicly known example of this reference. (Est: CHF1,500,000-3,500,000) – Philippe Dufour Simplicity – the first wristwatch withContinue Reading

Christie’s Geneva

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Reading Time: 2 minutesChristie’s Watches – Autumn Season CalendarHong Kong – Dubai – Geneva – New YorkLive and online auctions featuring rare and exceptional watches,many fresh-to-market, large selection from prestigious private collections, to resonate with the global collecting community Plus this year’s edition of Only Watch, the celebrated biennialcharity auctionChristie’s Watches announces a peerless line-up of auctionContinue Reading

Roger Smith’s Pocket Watch Number Two Achieves $4.9 Million

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Reading Time: 6 minutesRoger Smith’s Pocket Watch Number Two Achieves $4.9 Million, Breaking the World Record for Any British Timepiece Multiple World Records were Achieved for Models by Patek Philippe, Rolex, Zenith, Cartier, and Independent Makers, Including Halter Barnes New York, 10-11 June 2023: Sale Total: $26,358,555 / CHF23,803,871 / HKD206,621,766Lots Sold: 135Continue Reading

The New York Watch Auction: EIGHT

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Reading Time: 10 minutesSale to Take Place on 10-11 June at 432 Park Avenue, Offering Extraordinary 20th and 21st Century Timepieces by Patek Philippe,  Rolex, F.P. Journe, Philippe Dufour, and Many Others Phillips to Host a Conversation with Roger Smith on 9 June, Along with a Screening of The Watchmaker’s Apprentice,  To Celebrate theContinue Reading

Christie's achieves a superb close to CHF14 million for the F.P. Journe salE

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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

Rolex watches made for The Sultan of Oman at Christie’s

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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

F.P.Journe

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Reading Time: 6 minutes40 timepieces capturing the watchmaking artistry and engineering of F.P.JourneOffered for the first time in one auctionA significant thematic sale taking place in Geneva, 12 May Carefully curated by a single connoisseur over more than twenty years, this exceptional collection retraces the chronology of a ground-breaking independent watchmaker in theContinue Reading

Arabian Marvel Watches Online: The Dubai Edit | 24 April – 4 May 2023

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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

Roger Smith, Pocket Watch Number Two Estimate in Excess of $ 1 million

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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

A Patek Philippe Reference 96 Quantieme Lune formerly from the collection of Aisin-Giro Puyi and a Paper Fan featuring a poem personally inscribed by the Emperor himself

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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