Reading Time: 6 minutesAntiquorum founded in 1974, has been at the forefront of the success of the Royal Oak. Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak has a long history on the auction market and incredible Royal Oak went under the hammer at Antiquorum.In 1992, Antiquorum auctioned its first Royal Oak timepieces in Geneva at HotelContinue Reading
Reading Time: 13 minutesHorology, the science of time measurement, was born from the observations of heavenly bodies and natural cycles. The mechanical instruments developed by horologists stem from these observations, reflecting an art that has continued to progress since the late Middle Ages. Founded in 1755, Vacheron Constantin developed a perfect mastery ofContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesWatches at Christie’s US$ 205 million total sales achieved in 2021 (3,213 lots) Closing year on highest note ever, outperforming pre-pandemic levels. Auction results 2021: just over US$ 205m (2020: US$ 80m, 2019 US$ 130m). Global watch hub network from strength to strength with 7 live and 13 online salesContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesTime Æon Foundation joins forces with Ferdinand Berthoud for a new adventure under the name of Naissance D’une Montre 3. Sharing the same values, their perpetual quest for the transmission of knowledge and training brings the two entities together for a common purpose.Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesChristie’s Fine Watchmaking: Important Timepieces and the Independent Collection TOTAL: $5,518,250 95% SOLD BY LOT | 143% HAMMER ABOVE LOW ESTIMATE CONTINUING THE MOMENTUM OF THE EXCEPTIONAL YEAR OF WATCHES GLOBAL PARTICIPATION FROM 34 COUNTRIES | 30% NEW REGISTRANTS Greubel Forsey, Invention Piece 3, Tourbillon 24-hour display with minutes, smallContinue Reading
Reading Time: 5 minutesChristie’s Hong Kong’s Watches Department Retains Market Leadership in Asia for 3 Consecutive Years in Offering The Most Valuable Patek Philippe & Vintage Timepieces at Auction THE CATEGORY REALISED A HISTORIC COMBINED TOTAL OF HK$559 MILLION/ US$72 MILLION FOR THE YEAR IN ASIA Day & Evening Auctions on 27 November ACHIEVEDContinue Reading
Reading Time: 4 minutesCapping a stellar Autumn-Winter season, a spectacular watch offering for fans of audacious mechanics and iconic designs Where else but in New York: Christie’s Watches captures the spirit of independence and the mystique of icon status in watchmaking Christie’s Fine Watchmaking: Important Timepieces and the Independent Collection Online Auction |Continue Reading
Reading Time: 9 minutesSpecial displays, which are used in the construction of mechanical watch movements to uncouple the functions indicated on the dial from the going train, were of interest to watchmakers at a very early stage. These complications, which include jumping and retrograde displays, offer the possibility of new technical and aestheticContinue Reading
Reading Time: 6 minutesEngaging the Global Community Christie’s continues to expand its 360o proposition for watch lovers and collectors, new and seasoned, across generations and time zones. Dubai – Hong Kong – Geneva – Milan – New York 9 live and online auctions featuring rare and sought-after watches, including: The Rolex Deep Sea #1Continue Reading
Reading Time: 2 minutesHong Kong, 12 October 2021 – Two historical rarities will be offered in Christie’s Hong Kong Important Watches auction on 27 November: an extremely historically important Patek Philippe split-second chronograph Ref. 1436 in 18K yellow gold from 1946, ordered by and sold to Henry Graves Jr. (estimate: HK$11,500,000-23,500,000/ US$ 1,500,000-3,000,000), alongside an 18k gold and enamel, pearl-set musical, perfumeContinue Reading
Reading Time: 9 minutesShort-time measurement provided by watches’ chronograph function is one of the most demanding horological complications to achieve because of the indispensable precision and reliability of these mechanisms. The chronograph first appeared in the early 19th century as a compteur de tierces, and was subsequently enriched with numerous innovations, notably includingContinue Reading