Calibre 89, auctioned an Antiquorum, Geneva
Cartier watch made in honour of Red Cross, Sotheby's sale
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A watch made for an Ethiopian emperor and a 1948 pink gold watch with a perpetual calendar and moon phases are among the top pieces on the watches auction list at Sotheby’s Sunday 15 November.
The world’s most complicated timepiece, a Patek Philippe Calibre 89 watch with 33 complications, is up for auction Saturday 14 November at Antiquorum.
The two Geneva auction houses hold their big annual watch sales, which dominate the market, every November.
Several historical watches are top of the billing at Sotheby’s:
Calibre 89 by Patek Philippe: est. CHF4.5-5.5 million
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The watch and jewelry auction season in Geneva gets underway in mid-November with the sale of what auction house Antiquorum calls “the world’s most complicated timepiece,” the yellow gold Patek Philippe Calibre 89, whose selling price is estimated at CHF4.5-5.5 million. The watch, which has a total of 33 complications, was last sold in 1989.
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – 15-16 November was the big annual watch auctions weekend in Geneva and it appears that the gloomy economy is not hurting the fine watches business. Sotheby’s brought down the gavel on CHF6.875 million in sales.
Lesotho I diamond set in a ring by Harry Winston, Sotheby's November 2008 auction in Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – This is one of the big weeks in the year for Geneva’s international art market, with auctions taking place at lakefront hotels in Geneva for top-end watches, jewelry and antiques. The world will be watching closely to see if the art market here reflects the economic downturn. Wednesday , a Francis Bacon self-portrait that was expected to sell for $40 million was pulled from a Christie’s auction in New York when it reached only $27.4m, to gasps from the crowd.
