# @sothebyswatches on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B6hx9XDnqxK
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12830398-sothebyswatches-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/5aa3227b82.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-12-26T07:48:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sotheby's Watches (@sothebyswatches) — https://gondola.cc/sothebyswatches

## Caption

#Bestof2019:  This 400-year-old treasure set a world auction record for a 17th-Century watch, when it sold for £2.7m in London on July. Created by Jehan Cremsdorff in Paris c.1650, it represents a masterful combination of watchmaker, goldsmith, jeweller, and enameller. Most likely commissioned for a Royal or Noble collector, Cremsdorff’s masterpiece is one of only a handful of comparable pieces in the world (examples sit in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum in New York and Victoria and the Albert Museum in London). #SothebysWatches #MasterworksofTime #pocketwatch #Auctionrecord

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pocketwatch, bestof2019, masterworksoftime, auctionrecord, sothebyswatches

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