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Business News: Royal Pop Sales Resume After Launch Rush For Audemars Piguet X Swatch Collaboration Forced Store Closures
Sales of the Royal Pop, the bioceramic pocket watch collaboration from Audemars Piguet and Swatch, resumed in some locations on Monday after the Saturday launch was marred by overwhelming crowds that forced store closures across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and North America. Customers were seen buying the $400 watch in Geneva on Monday as the Swatch boutique resumed sales of the timepiece. Swatch boutique in Geneva on Saturday saw a heavy police presence to control crowds. Swatch closed at least 20 of its stores on Saturday as launch-day crowds and demand for the Royal Pop pocket watch overwhelmed security and staff. Stores in the U.A.E, India, the U.K., Europe, and at locations in the U.S. and Canada were closed on May 16, according to social media posts, after crowds seeking to buy the pocket watch collaboration surged, queues collapsed, and sporadic scenes of violence broke out. Police were on hand at dozens of locations to control crowds. The line at the Swatch boutique in Wales (photo: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images). The sign on the window of the Wales Swatch boutique following the temporary store closure (photo: Matthew Horwood/Getty Images). The Biel/Bienne-based company, in a statement, said Monday that "the response to the Royal Pop Collection has been phenomenal worldwide," and demand is extremely high. Swatch said that in "around 20 Swatch stores" out of a total of 220 stores globally where the Royal Pop was launched, "challenges arose on launch day because ...
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Auctions: A Look at the ‘Grosse Pièce’ – Audemars Piguet’s Most Complicated Pocket Watch Still in Private Hands, Up for Auction at Sotheby’s
The watch, a part of the late Robert Olmsted's history-changing collection, goes up for sale on December 8.
Hodinkee
Auctions: Previewing The Phillips, Sotheby's, And Christie's End-Of-Year New York Auctions
The auctions kick off on December 6-7 at Phillips, then December 8 at Sotheby's, and December 9 at Christie's, with some phenomenal watches on offer from all three houses.
Hodinkee
Auctions: Previewing Phillips’ Massive ‘Decade One’ Auction and Reflecting on Ten Years of Phillips with Bacs and Russo
The auction blends reflection with foresight on the next ten years. It will also likely set the record for the largest total sale price in the history of watches.
Hodinkee
Auctions: Pharrell Williams' JOOPITER Hosts Its First Dedicated Watch Auction - The Art Of Time
Highlighted by custom-order Cartier and possibly unique vintage pieces, JOOPITER's curated watch sale has a clear point of view.
Fratello
The November 2024 Geneva Auctions Retrospective - Highlights
Recent auctions in Geneva concluded with a relative bang. Eye-watering results occurred for some truly rare pieces. For many watches, though, the sales were solid but not awe-inspiring. I’ll kick off today’s article with my thoughts on the market, and then we’ll look at several lots. My colleague Lex recently penned an article about the […] Visit The November 2024 Geneva Auctions Retrospective - Highlights to read the full article.
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Auctions: Seven Things I Learned From The Spring Watch Sales And Trying To Make Sense Of The Up-And-Down 'Market'
Incomplete and totally subjective, but the first big auction season is in the books, so it's time to talk about some of the results, good and bad.
Hodinkee
Auctions: Top Lots, Trends, And Affordable Picks To Watch At Monaco Legends Group’s 2024 Spring Auction
Plus, we're nearly guaranteed to see one Rolex record broken in Monaco this weekend, and it's not the watch you expect.
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Watch Auctions And Temptation: A Cautionary Tale
As hunter-gatherers by nature, we humans have always liked collecting. And when it comes to collecting, one attribute has always stood out as desirable - rarity. When something is rare, it’s exclusive by definition. Not many can possess a rare item. This rarity and desirability make such items valuable. Unfortunately, since greed is also a […] Visit Watch Auctions And Temptation: A Cautionary Tale to read the full article.
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Auctions: Last-Minute Confusion And An Incomplete, Completely Subjective Analysis Of The Geneva Auctions
From 11th-hour controversy at Christie's to continued interest in Cartier and Breguet, it was a wild weekend of watch sales.
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Borna’s 5 favourite Only Watch 2023 lots
There are those rare times when the watch industry seemingly comes together to do something great, causing even the most devoted online trolls to retreat beneath their virtual bridges and save us from their dubious wisdom. One such occasion is the Only Watch charity auction, running since 2005 and created to benefit those affected by … ContinuedThe post Borna’s 5 favourite Only Watch 2023 lots appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Auctions: All Eyes Are On The First Rexhep Rexhepi Chronomètre Contemporain Up For Auction This Week At Phillips
Rexhepi has carefully picked the lucky few to get his watches, but the auction will be the first data point for the watchmaker's potential wider market.
Hodinkee
Editors' Picks: The Weird & Wonderful Watches We Couldn't Take Our Eyes Off At The Geneva Auctions
Take it from us, when attending auction previews it's easy to develop expensive taste.
Time+Tide
Want to dabble in high-end watch auctions but lack the cash? FutureGrail may have the solution
Let’s face it. For most of us, who don’t work in finance or have somehow failed to win the lottery (so far) or be fathered by a particularly indulgent Sheikh, reading about watch auctions is a form of fantasy window shopping. “Hmm,” you nod to yourself approvingly when reading about the platinum Rolex Yacht-Master that … ContinuedThe post Want to dabble in high-end watch auctions but lack the cash? FutureGrail may have the solution appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Auctions: Five Hodinkee Editors Chat About Paul Newman's Stuntman, J.P. Morgan's Pocket Watch, And Watches We'd Actually Bid On As We Preview This Week's Auctions
Eavesdrop on a Hodinkee Slack chat as we talk auction trends, rare Cartier London watches, tiny chronographs, and more from the upcoming New York auctions.
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Auctions: Vacheron Is About To Have Its Super-Hero Moment, And Nine(ish) Other Predictions For Geneva Auction Week
From Patek to Cartier to Speedies and back again, we make a few bold predictions and uncover some hidden gems for this week's upcoming Geneva auctions.
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Auctions: Nine Pocket Watches From The Geneva Auctions To Kickstart A World-Class Collection
Top watch collectors never stopped buying pocket watches - and any of these watches could be your own centerpiece.
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Auctions: Toto Wolff Designed A Watch With IWC, And Now He's Auctioning It Off For Charity
How a watch company is pushing to increase diversity and inclusion within motorsport.
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How I Got Here: She Was A Frustrated HR Exec. Now She's The Curatorial Eye Behind Phillips' Thematic Auctions
From her enviable perch in the auction world, Virginie Liatard-Roessli proves it's never too late to start a career in watches.
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Auctions: An Original Royal Oak Watercolor By Gérald Genta Just Sold For Over $600K At Sotheby's Geneva
The first "Gérald Genta: Icon of Time" auction concluded this morning.
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Auctions: Some Usual And Unusual Suspects Coming Up At Phillips NY, December 11th
Just in time for the season, an auction with a little something for everyone.
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Auctions: A Speedmaster Owned By Literary Giant Ralph Ellison, Coming Up At Phillips
Will this make Ellison a more visible man to the watch world?
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Auctions: Funky Picasso-Owned Watch Obliterates Its High Estimate At Bonhams
This watch has entered its green period
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HODINKEE Radio: The Spring 2021 Auctions Prove The Watch Market Is Moving Full Steam Ahead
Records, surges and shocks – this auction season had it all.
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Pandemic-Proof? Luxury Watch Auctions Boom Online
Sweeping away years of scepticism around online sales, the Covid-19 pandemic pushed the auction world into an incredible phase of experimentation last year. In a bid to find newer ways to connect with their clients amidst a global health crisis, luxury auction houses took a massive digital leap with record sales in 2020. Here is a look at the biggest success stories that kept the secondary market buzzing all through last year
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Breaking News: Steve McQueen’s Heuer Monaco Sells for US$2.21m
An iconic auto-racing chronograph of the 1970s, the Monaco ref. 1133 was nicknamed the “Steve McQueen” after the actor wore one in the 1971 film Le Mans. And now one of the actual examples worn by McQueen in the film has just become the most expensive Heuer ever sold, achieving US$2.21m with fees at Phillips’ New York auction. There were several Monacos on hand for the production of Le Mans, with McQueen retaining two after filming wrapped. The record-setting watch in question is one of the two that McQueen gifted to Haig Alltounian, both the chief mechanic for the film as well as the actor’s personal mechanic. McQueen (left) and Haig Alltounian (far right) during the filming of Le Mans Mr Alltounian received the watch – engraved with “To Haig Le Mans 1970” on the back – just after filming for Le Mans concluded. Mr Alltounian himself consigned the watch to Phillips for its recent New York watch auction, making its provenance impeccable. The bidding opened at US$150,000, progressing steadily until the air thinned at the half-million dollar mark – which leads to the conclusion that the majority of bidders had a similar limit in mind. Then only three phone bidders were left. The three-way tussle ended with a US$1.8m hammer price – with London-based James Marks of Phillips winning the lot for his client. The result was US$2.2m inclusive of fees, an all-time record for any Heuer watch. It’s also a convenient feather in the cap for TAG Heuer, which is ...
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How I Bid: One Collector’s Approach To Buying At Watch Auctions – Reprise
Like many collectors, GaryG has bought and sold a number of watches at auction over the years. Being a systematic type of guy, Gary has taken the time to analyze his philosophy of auction bidding. Here he shares some of the tactics he uses with the hope that some may be useful to you in your own bidding.
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Uncommon Longevity – The Story of Golay Fils & Stahl of Geneva
Auction catalogues often offer early 20th century pocket watches of impressive, refined quality that bear the names of unfamiliar Geneva firms. Amongst the most prominent are Agassiz, Ed. Koehn, Haas Neveux, and Touchon. Despite their obscurity now, these brands were once amongst the best in the world – arguably the equals of Patek Philippe or Vacheron Constantin, producing or retailing highly complicated and extra-thin timepieces. All of them, save for one, are now defunct and long forgotten. In fact, most went under long before the Quartz Crisis. A single name has survived and prospered while remaining a family business, by evolving its business over the centuries – Golay Fils & Stahl. A familiar name As an avid reader of auction catalogues, I had come across Golay Fils & Stahl on several occasions, and the name stayed with me because of the high quality of firm’s pocket watches (Haas Neveux being another). Then in November 2019, Phillips sold the Patek Philippe ref. 3652 minute-repeating wristwatch. Not only was the watch relatively recent, having been made in 1985, it was a unique reference powered by a reworked vintage movement – and signed “Golay Fils & Stahl” on the dial. Few retailers get their name on modern Patek Philippe watches, let alone a one-off, custom timepiece. It piqued my curiosity. The ref. 3652 – essentially a Calatrava ref. 96 minute repeater By sheer chance that curiosity was satisfied when Melissa Wolfgang Amenc got in touch after see...
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Editors' Picks: Looking Back At Five Under-The-Radar Lots From November's Geneva Auctions
A few of our favorite, less conspicuous lots from auction season.