Reading Time: 2 minutesGeneva – Christie’s Geneva welcomed ELA (European Leukodystrophy Association) and Zinedine Zidane, ELA’s Ambassador for 24 years to the first Watches for ELA auction, held on 11 November 2024 opening Rare Watches. 11 unique watches donated by ANDERSEN Genève X BCHH, ArtyA, Ataelier Haute Complication, Bovet, Girard-Perregaux, Konstantin Chaykin, Louis Erard, Montblanc,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesMarking the 30th anniversary of Michael Schumacher’s first Formula 1 Drivers Championship win in 1994, Christie’s is delighted to present selected timepieces from the private collection of one of the most successful drivers in F1 history. The Rare Watches auction on 13 May 2024, at the Four Seasons Hotel desContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesAt Christie’s the watch segment remains vibrant, with 15 live and online auctions in the four corners of the watch world scheduled for the year, with 8 in the first half alone. Kicking off the Spring 2024 season, Watches Online: The Hong Kong Edit from 14 to 27 March promisesContinue 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$15,314,702 or approximately CHF350,000 per watch. Clients from 20 countries across 4 continents participated in the sale. EMEA represented 52% of buying,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutes Geneva, 4 May 2023 – Following the success of Christie’s Geneva watch auctions in November 2022, which totalled CHF 55,548,348 and had sell-through rates of 100% and 99.11%, Christie’s is proud to present the Rare Watches auction, including a compelling selection of wristwatches from Rolex, Patek Philippe, F.P.Journe, Cartier and many more,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutes40 timepieces capturing the watchmaking artistry and engineering of F.P.JourneOffered for the first time in one auctionA significant thematic sale taking place in Geneva, 12 May Carefully curated by a single connoisseur over more than twenty years, this exceptional collection retraces the chronology of a ground-breaking independent watchmaker in theContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesA historic moment during this autumn Geneva watch season. Christie’s becomes No. 1 of the watch auction market in Geneva, the nest of fine watchmaking, by totalizing CHF 55,548,348 /$ 55,540,232 / Euros 56,302,789 / HK$ 433,841,034.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutes‘Legendary and Unique Watches’ auction Sets a Sensational Milestone, Bringing Together The Watch And Motor Sport Communities 13 watches selling above CHF 1 millionTotal close to CHF32 millionThe collection sold 100%Parts of the proceeds will be benefitting charitiesContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe online auction “Watches Online: The Geneva Edit” will offer a curated selection of remarkable and eye-catching timepieces. Open for bidding from 1 through 15 November, it will comprise esteemed pieces by Rolex, Cartier, Breguet, Vacheron Constantin, Zenith, and especially Audemars Piguet and Richard Mille. But most of all, collectors will be delighted to discoverContinue 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: 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