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The year 2018 has proved to be an exciting and successful year for Sotheby's watches, according to Sotheby's report The auction house met with rare finds and fantastic sales results in 2018, "Including unique Patek Philippe and Rolex models, and a dazzling diamond and white gold bracelet-watch by Vacheron Constantin," states Sotheby's Let's take a look at some of the most spectacular watches that were presented at Sotheby's auction in 2018.
The pre-auction value of the watch was estimated between 2,000,000 and 4,000,000 CHF and it was sold at 3,915,000 CHF, at the auction "Important Watches" on November 13, 2018 in Geneva According to Sotheby's catalog, "This example is considered to be one of the very best The case is unpolished and in sensational condition.
The case is extraordinary crisp, very original and the lugs are very sharp and fluted to the highest degree There is a faint hallmark between the lugs at 6 o'clock but like all other pink third series they are stamped in a very similar way The dial is original and has seen no cosmetic intervention and the Tiffany and Co signature is stamped underneath the moon" The watch was sold at a high price of 23,520,000 HKD, surpassing its estimated value of 12,000,000 to 18,000,000 HKD, at Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong on October 2, 2018.
Patek Philippe's, very rare and highly important platinum double dial wristwatch with twelve complications including tourbillon, perpetual calendar, retrograde date, sky chart, moon-phases, orbit display, sidereal time and minute repeating on cathedral gongs, made in 2013 is yet another valuable addition to the list, as it was sold for 9,720,000 HKD, at Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong on October 2, 2018 Patek Philippe's, very important and extremely rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with registers and pulsation dial that was made in 1941 was also a highlight at Hong Kong auction and it was sold at 8,760,000 HKD Other important watches included in the list are Rolex's, very rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with registers, bracelet and tropical subsidiary dials, which sold for 951,000 CHF, Rolex's very fine and extremely rare yellow gold chronograph wristwatch with registers and tropical minute track, which sold for 5,760,000 HKD, and Vacheron Constantin's, magnificent and rare white gold and diamond-set tonneau-form bracelet watch kalla duchesse, which auctioned for 4,440,000 HKD.
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