We’re looking back at the #Bestof2019, starting with our top lot of the year, the George Daniels 'Space Traveller I'. Sold as part of the first sale of the Masterworks of Time collection in our London galleries this July, this legendary timepiece rocketed to a sky-high £3,615,000 – an auction record for an English watch and a timepiece by an independent watchmaker. After 7 minutes of battling between four bidders, the pocket watch fetched over 30 times the price it achieved in 1988, the first and last time it appeared at auction. Hailed by Daniels to be “the kind of watch you would need on your package tour to Mars”, this extraordinary piece is one of the most technically accomplished watches of all time. #SothebysWatches #GeorgeDaniels #MasterworksofTime