A Collection of Exceptional Watches

Reading Time: 4 minutesNEW YORK – Christie’s is proud to present Important Watches Featuring Stories in Time: A Collection of Exceptional Watches, a live auction to be held on 9 June in New York City. Continuing Christie’s longstanding leadership in showcasing Independent Watchmakers, the sale will offer timepieces of exceptional rarity and appeal — spanning iconic vintageContinue Reading

Reading Time: 7 minutesThe New York Watch Auction: XI, hosted by Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, realized $30.3 million, selling 100% by lot and 100% by value. The sale marks four consecutive years of 100%-sold “white glove” sales for the category at Phillips New York – an industry first. Collectors fromContinue Reading

TOKI: Watch Auction

Reading Time: 12 minutesHONG KONG/ TOKYO – 25 September 2024 – Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is delighted to unveil further highlights from TOKI: Watch Auction (TOKI is a noun meaning ‘time’ in Japanese), the first ever thematic sale dedicated to the Japanese watch collecting world. This auction will take place on 22 November atContinue Reading

Christie’s Geneva, online: Spotlight on independent watchmakers

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

Legendary And Unique Watches

Reading Time: 4 minutesGeneva, 20 September 2022 – Christie’s Watches is delighted to announce Legendary and Unique Watches: The Collection of a Lifetime, presenting 112 timepieces considered rare treasures by astute collectors. Not one of these watches has ever been offered at auction and many carry the most coveted and desirable specifications. One-offContinue Reading

Christie's Watches Online

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

Christie’s Geneva Rare Watches Spring Sale

Reading Time: 15 minutesChristie’s is proud to present its Spring auction season combining a live “Rare Watches” auction on 10 May and one special online sale from 7 to 18 May, in Geneva, the City by the Lake, where watchmaking history continues to be written and the finest traditions of Métiers d’Art craftsmanshipContinue Reading

Christie’s opens the Spring watch season

Reading Time: 13 minutesDUBAI, 24 March 2021 –Watches Online: Dubai Edit goes live today, the sector’s most important global online-only auction to date. The team of experts at Christie’s in Dubai have curated close to 200 lots which together are estimated to fetch from USD 9,000,000 to 15,000,000. The auction is restricted toContinue Reading