Moon landing Omega watch tops £20,000 at auction
An Omega watch made to honour the 1969 Apollo XI moon landing has sold for £22,000 at a UK auction. The very-limited-edition Omega Speedmaster was sold in North Yorkshire. Only […]
2024-03-20
Avant-garde watches get high-style auction
A Geneva watch auction will take a new approach in order to sell some extremely arresting vintage, luxury watches. Sotheby’s are working with a watch-focused art collective, Heist-out, to style […]
2024-03-06
£20k estimate for top-rated “Dirty Dozen” watch
The Dirty Dozen are a collection of military watches designed for the British Ministry of Defence. Two examples are being auctioned in London next Wednesday, February 21 with a rare […]
2024-02-14
Warhol Patek Philippe among star items at New York sale
Andy Warhol’s vintage Patek Philippe fetched $378,000 at auction in New York. It was the fifth most valuable item in the December 5 Important Watches sale, in which two time […]
2023-12-06
Patek Philippe sales show that unique always sells
Two one-of-a-kind watches have sold at Swiss watch auctions in November 2023. The prices, one in the millions, show that Patek Philippe remains the most precious watch brand, with a […]
2023-11-28
Independent watchmaker F.P. Journe could hit $million mark
Two of the five most valuable watches to be sold in the New York watch auction of December 9 – 10 are by a living independent watchmaker. If F.P. Journe’s […]
2023-11-09
£60 “every day” Rolex makes £82,000 at auction
A rare Rolex Oyster Submariner 369 Explorer bought for £60 has raised £82,000 in a sale in Wilshire, UK. The sale price of £65,000 (the £82,000 total includes fees) is […]
2023-11-01
Pink gold Pateks head “important watches” sale
Two Patek Philippes in pink gold are expected to realise the highest prices at the first of Sotheby’s “Important Watches” sales in Geneva in November. The top estimate in the […]
2023-10-25
Brando’s Apocalypse Rolex leads Geneva sale
Mohamad Zaman will be the owner of one of the world’s largest one-man watch collections until November 6th. That’s when Mr Zaman’s extraordinary lifetime collection will be sold at Christie’s […]
2023-10-19
A Rolex ticks up from £200 to £45,000 in 50 years
A family-run auction house in Essex, UK, has sold a rare Rolex watch in a sale that perfectly illustrates the skyrocketing value of collectible watches
