Il nuovo dipartimento orologi di Phillips è dedicato esclusivamente ad orologi rari e da collezione. Attualmente ha sede a Ginevra e New York. Gli orologi rappresentano un nuovo dipartimento per Phillips, creato dalla partnership con Aurel Bacs e Livia Russo in risposta alla sempre crescente necessità per i collezionisti di tutto il mondo di poter contare su grandi competenze e qualità del servizio.
Phillips Watches lancerà il suo nuovo calendario internazionale con due aste serali inaugurali che si terranno a Ginevra il prossimo maggio. La prima delle due aste sarà dedicata ad uno degli orologi da polso più famosi del mondo: il Rolex Day-Date, noto anche come President’s Watch. Saranno messi all’asta 60 esemplari selezionati in quattro continenti con la collaborazione di Pucci Papaleo, uno dei massimi esperti e collezionisti Rolex che in questa speciale occasione presenterà la sua nuova monografia dedicata esclusivamente al Day-Date.
Dopo la Day-Date Sale, sarà la volta della The Geneva Watch Auction. Questosarà un evento di alto profilo, dedicato a collezionisti esigenti che vedrà protagonisti circa 160 orologi di varie marche di rara qualità e condizione che attraversano due secoli di orologeria. Le aste si terranno a Ginevra Sabato 9 maggio dalle 19:00 e Domenica 10 maggio sempre dalle 19:00.
Di seguito alcuni dei lotti del catalogo The Geneva Watch Auction:ONE.
Patek Philippe, Ref. 130 An extremely rare and important stainless steel single button chronograph with vertical registers, sector dial and pulsations scale, manufactured in 1927 and sold in 1937 Estimate: Sfr 1,000,000 – 2,000,000Formerly in the Personal Collection of Sir Eric Clapton Rolex Cosmograph Daytona “Albino” Stainless steel, ref. 6263, manufactured in 1971 Estimate Sfr. 500,000 to 1,000,000Lot 84 – LONGINES, 18k yellow gold, 1935, 40mm. Diameter Calibre: Manual, 15”’ Case, dial and movement signed – Estimate CHF15,000 – 25,000Lot 137 – LONGINES NO-MAG, 21391, Stainless steel, 1942, 35mm. Diameter Calibre: Manual, 13ZN Case, dial and movement signed – Estimate CHF15,000 – 25,000Lot 164 – PATEK PHILIPPE Calatrava, 570, 18k pink gold, 1943, 35.5mm. Diameter Calibre: Manual, 12”’120 Case, dial and movement signed – Estimate CHF150,000 – 250,000Lot 199 – IWC, 18k yellow gold, 1950 34mm. Diameter Calibre: Automatic, 85 Movement, dial, case signed – Estimate CHF15,000 – 25,000
Phillips Watches collabora anche conOnly Watch, un asta di beneficenza biennale per pezzi unici venduti a beneficio della ricerca sulla distrofia muscolare di Duchenne (la più frequente e la meglio conosciuta tra le distrofie muscolari dell’infanzia), che si terrà a Ginevra nel novembre 2015.
Nelle stagioni successive, il dipartimento orologi di Phillips espanderà il suo calendario in tutto il mondo, organizzando le aste presso la sede principale a Londra, New York e presto a Hong Kong. Il neonato dipartimento di orologi garantisce i più alti standard di intermediazione fornendo un supporto di elevata qualità ai collezionisti di tutto il mondo nella ricerca e valutazione di pezzi unici o di intere collezioni.
Phillips Watches department is dedicated exclusively to rare and exceptional collectors’ watches. Currently based in Geneva and New York, watches is a new collecting category at Phillips and was formed as a unique partnership with Aurel Bacs and Livia Russo in response to the ever-increasing need for collectors around the world to access scholarship, guidance, and quality.
Phillips will launch its international Watches auction calendar with two inaugural evening sales taking place in Geneva in May 2015. The first of the two auctions will be dedicated to one of the world’s most famous wristwatches: the Rolex Day-Date, also known as the President’s Watch. Following the Day-Date Sale, “The Geneva Watch Auction: One” will be a high profile, various owners evening sale dedicated to the finest collectors’ pieces from various brands, spanning two centuries of watchmaking of unique quality, rarity and condition. The inaugural watch auctions will take place in Geneva on Saturday, 9 May at 7pm and Sunday, 10 May at 7pm.
Phillips Watches is also pleased to be working in collaboration with Only Watch, a biennial charity auction of unique timepieces sold for the benefit of research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy, hosting Only Watch’s 6th charity auction in Geneva in November 2015.
In the following seasons, the department will expand its sales calendar around the world, organizing sales at our flagship premises in London, New York, and soon in Hong Kong. Our department is pleased to offer a brokerage specializing in the highest levels of private sales to assist collectors around the globe outside of the auction season or when seeking valuations of unique pieces or collections.
Lot 105: Patek Philippe. 18ct gold automatic perpetual calendar minute repeating wristwatch with moon phase, sold for £218,500
L’asta “December Fine Watch” di Bonhams è stata un grande successo, con lotti veramente combattuti per pezzi rari come la referenza 3974 di Patek Philippe (venduto a £ 218.500)ed un importo complessivo dei lotti in offerta pari a £ 1.500.000.
Paul Maudsley, direttore del Watch Department di Bonhams, ha commentato: “Stiamo notando un forte aumento della domanda di temepiece complicati Patek Philippe, come cronografi e ripetizione minuti, pur rimanendo sostenuta la domanda per i modelli sportivi Rolex e il tanto amato Rolex Day-Date. Crediamo che il mercato nel 2015 confermerà questo trend”.
L’insolito Ulysse Nardin “Trilogy of Time”, è stato venduto a un offerente di Hong Kong per £ 72.100. La serie comprende l’Astrolabium Galileo Galilei (segnalato nel Guinness dei Primati come il più complicato orologio mai realizzato), il Planetarium Copernicus, e il Tellurium.
Lot 83: Ulysse Nardin. A set of three platinum trilogy limited edition automatic astronomical wristwatches Comprising: Astrolabium Gallileo Galilei, Tellurium Johannes Kepler and Planetarium Copernicus – sold for £72,100
Lot 83: Ulysse Nardin. A set of three platinum trilogy limited edition automatic astronomical wristwatches Comprising: Astrolabium Gallileo Galilei, Tellurium Johannes Kepler and Planetarium Copernicus – sold for £72,100
Lot 83: Ulysse Nardin. A set of three platinum trilogy limited edition automatic astronomical wristwatches Comprising: Astrolabium Gallileo Galilei, Tellurium Johannes Kepler and Planetarium Copernicus – sold for £72,100
Lot 83: Ulysse Nardin. A set of three platinum trilogy limited edition automatic astronomical wristwatches Comprising: Astrolabium Gallileo Galilei, Tellurium Johannes Kepler and Planetarium Copernicus – sold for £72,100
Ha contribuito a dare un tocco regale all’evento, un Rolex Day-Date creato per il Sultano dell’Oman, che porta il tradizionale Khanjar come emblema. In oro bianco 18k, questo orologio ha raggiunto quasi il doppio della sua stima originale, raggiungendo la cifra di £ 32.500.
Lot 168: Rolex. 18ct white gold automatic calendar wristwatch with day and date, made for the Sultanate of Oman and bearing the Khanjar emblem – sold for £32,500
Lot 168: Rolex. 18ct white gold automatic calendar wristwatch with day and date, made for the Sultanate of Oman and bearing the Khanjar emblem – sold for £32,500
CHRISTMAS CHIMES EARLY FOR BONHAMSWITH £1.5 MILLION FINE WATCH SALE
The December Fine Watch sale at Bonhams flagship Bond Street saleroom proved a great success, with fantastic prices achieved for pieces such as the rare Reference 3974 Patek Philippe (£218,500), and £1.5 million worth of bidding.
Paul Maudsley, Director of the Bonhams Watch Department, said: “We’re observing the demand for complicated Patek Philippe watches such as chronographs and minute repeaters growing ever stronger, whilst remaining buoyant is the trend for Sports Rolex models and the much loved Rolex Day-Date – something we expect to remain strong well into the auctions in 2105.
“At our final Fine Watch sale, Reference 3974, the much coveted Patek Philippe 18ct gold automatic perpetual calendar minute repeating wristwatch circa 1989, became one of the most valuable pieces we’ve sold this year. After some spirited bidding moving far above estimate, a telephone bidder succeeded in taking the piece home to London – just in time for Christmas.”
Further sale highlights include the unusual Ulysse Nardin ‘Trilogy of Time’, sold to a Hong Kong bidder for £72,100. The series comprises the Astrolabium Galileo Galilei (at the time this was reported in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most complex watch ever made), the Planetarium Copernicus, and the Tellurium.
Bringing a royal flair to the sale, a Rolex made for the Sultanate of Oman, bearing the traditional Khanjar (dagger) emblem. The 18ct white gold automatic calendar wristwatch sold for almost double its original estimate, selling at £32,500.
Further sale highlights include a 19th Century Patek Philippe perpetual calendar minute repeating full hunter pocket watch (£42,500), from Girard Perregaux a rare 18ct rose gold automatic tourbillon wristwatch (£26,250), and a single-owner collection of 18 Rolex bracelet watches sold well, with top lot of the selection, lot 148, a ‘Red Submariner’, selling at £9,000.
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