Reading Time: 5 minutesThe New York Watch Auction: XIII concluded the tenth anniversary year for Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo on an extraordinary note, realizing an impressive $43.5 million, achieving a 100% sell-through rate by lot and value, selling seven lots over $1 million, and setting a new record total forContinue Reading
Reading Time: 10 minutesThis December, Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo will present The New York Watch Auction: XIII, featuring 146 timepieces of exceptional quality, rarity, and provenance. The sale, taking place across two days on 6-7 December, will be led by one of the most important watches to ever be offeredContinue Reading
Reading Time: 7 minutesPhillips in Association with Bacs & Russo marked ten years of watch auctions with Decade One (2015–2025), a landmark sale held at the Hotel President in Geneva that celebrated the defining moments, scholarship, and collectors who have shaped Phillips Watch Department’s first decade.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis November, Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo will celebrate a decade of watch auctions with the Decade One (2015-2025) thematic auction at the Hôtel Président in Geneva. This landmark sale celebrates the department’s first decade – defined by remarkable watches, record-setting results, and groundbreaking scholarship – while presenting an extraordinaryContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesThis November, Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo will celebrate a decade of watch auctions with the Decade One (2015-2025) thematic auction at the Hôtel Président in Geneva. This landmark sale celebrates the successful first 10 years of the Phillips Watches department, reflecting on the remarkable watches, record-breaking results,Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesGENEVA – 16 September 2025 – Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo will present an unprecedented “triptych” of Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 Perpetual Calendar Chronographs at the Decade One (2015-2025) thematic auction, which celebrates the department’s tenth anniversary and takes place 8–9 November 2025 at the Hotel President in Geneva.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Saturday, 6 September 2025, Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo will host a live charity auction at Geneva Watch Days to benefit the Pierre Amstutz Fund, a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting apprentices at the Geneva School of Watchmaking. Now in its third consecutive year, the charity auctionContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesNEW YORK – 8 JUNE 2025 – A triumphant conclusion to Phillips’ spring season of watch sales, The New York Watch Auction: XII achieved $25 million, selling 100% by lot and 100% by value. The auction marks four and a half years — nine consecutive auctions — of 100%-sold “white glove”Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesHONG KONG – 25 MAY 2025 – Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo achieved a total of over HK$212 million/ US$27 million for The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XX, surpassing the pre-sale high estimate of HK$181,063,000/ US$23,121,745 and marking a 30% year-on-year increase. The auction, held from 23-25 May, attractedContinue Reading
Reading Time: 3 minutesPhillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is proud to present an exceptional, unique, and museum-quality nephrite clock by Cartier in the 1920s, exemplifying the brand’s artistic brilliance of the Art Deco. It will be offered in the Evening Session of The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XX on 23 May.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesPhillips is honored to announce the sale of a historic Rolex Cosmograph “Big Red” Daytona Ref. 6265, which was a cherished part of French Formula One Champion Jean-Pierre Jabouille’s personal collection for nearly fifty years. Upon Jabouille’s complete triumph at the French Grand Prix of 1979, the auto manufacturer Renault gifted himContinue Reading