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

Timepieces with stories to tell at Christie’s

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Reading Time: 4 minutesTimepieces with stories to tell at Christie’s New York Important WatchesLive Auction | 6 June 2023 | 86 lots | Low Estimate US$ 4.5 Million New York, 26 May 2023 – After the successful auctions of last year, Christie’s New York Spring/Summer season promises to maintain the momentum with an Online sale fromContinue Reading

An outstanding multidisciplinary engineering accomplishment: the “Astronomia Flawless Diamond” is the embodiment of 21st century ultra-high-end watchmaking and a globally recognized symbol of Jacob & Co. watchmaking expertise.

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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

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

Legends of modern watchmaking: left, a Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5711/111P-001 sporting a bezel set with 32 baguette-cut blue sapphires; right, a stunning and rare Rolex Daytona Ref. 6265.Legends of modern watchmaking: left, a Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5711/111P-001 sporting a bezel set with 32 baguette-cut blue sapphires; right, a stunning and rare Rolex Daytona Ref. 6265.

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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