A few watches that made collectors tick this season … and set record prices:
Record for an Automatic Daytona at $ 3.3m
A possibly unique Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, Ref. 16516 with lapis lazuli dial, circa 1999
Record for a Tourbillon by Abraham-Louis Breguet at $2m
King George III’s gold four-minute tourbillon watch - one of the most important watches created by Breguet - secretly sold to the King of England in 1808, in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars
Record for a watch sold in an online auction and a Daytona JPS at $1.5m
An ultra-rare Rolex Daytona JPS reference 6264 in 18-carat gold
Record for a pocket watch sold in an online auction at $832,240
The Dent ‘Ultra Complication’ from 1904: with a total of 19 complications, one of the most sophisticated watches ever made
And…. a special mention to ressence_watches for the Type 1 Slim “Ayrton & Finlay”, designed in collaboration with the winner of the
#WatchesAgainstCovid19 watch design competition, Raymond Ramsden which sold $48...