Christie's Is Auctioning Some Significant Vintage Patek Philippe Watches This November

This fall's watch auction season is shaping up to be a particularly strong one - Marlon Brandon's Rolex GMT Master ref 1675 is hitting the auction block, as well as a collection of incredible retailer-signed watches Don't think that Phillips is having all the fun, as Christie's November 11th Rare Watches has some astounding pieces on offer - 214 pieces, to be specific.

Notably, there's the star lot, a pièce unique made in 1927 for noted American finance Henry Graves Jr, and the first minute repeater wristwatch ever made by Patek Graves, famous outside of American business circles for his watch collection, was the commissioner and owner of the so-called "Graves Super-Complication," which for decades was the most complicated watch ever made Lastly, there's a beautiful pocket watch that has been dubbed the "Montre tact," or the "Tactful watch" This piece was made in 1856 and features both a standard dial and a single hand on the outside of the case.

Conceived by none other than Abraham Louis Breguet in the 1790s, this mechanism allowed the user to discreetly "Read" the time without having to remove the watch from his pocket. . Source