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...Geneva has long been the global centre of high-end watch auctions, home to twice-yearly flagship sales staged by Christie’s, Phillips, Sotheby’s and Antiquorum that regularly attract some of the most valuable...
...This watch is on show at Phillips to mark the opening of the firm’s new Asia HQ in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District....
...But, instead of being awarded to the winner, the watch was sold by auction house Phillips, raising more than €1mn for the Prince’s Trust charity....
...In May of this year, a Kurono Tokyo Reiwa watch — a model that sold out within six minutes of its 2019 launch — appeared at a Phillips auction in Geneva where it exceeded its SFr4,000 (£3,630) presale estimate...
...Indeed, such are its capabilities that when a unique, tonneau-cased, minute-repeating, retrograde calendar watch was consigned to Phillips in 2019, the auction house sent it to Vacheron for restoration before...
...have been made with an average price of £182,500 — but the six-year waiting list for an RW Smith watch means pre-owned models command a premium: in December last year, a 2018 Series 1 sold for $730,800 at Phillips...
...Mr Bacs is now an associate of Phillips whose flamboyant performances at the rostrum have led to him being dubbed the “rock star” of the watch auction world....
...But there’s heartbreak too from Siân Phillips as Polly Garter, pining for lost love, and from blind Captain Cat (Anthony O’Donnell)....
...Phillips, the auctioneer, pushed ahead with its flagship Geneva sale in July and attracted 2,000 bidders from 70 countries, with every one of the 210 lots on offer finding a buyer — resulting in a take of...
...The range, based on historic models and produced in limited numbers, included a tonneau-shaped monopusher chronograph – an example of which was sold in 2018 by Phillips for $20,625....
...As well as competing with other auctions houses — notably Antiquorum, Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips — Bonhams is also “up against retailers that stock pre-owned pieces, specialist dealers and the enthusiast...
...In May, auctioneer Phillips set a world record for a vintage Vacheron Constantin wrist watch, when it sold a 1940 minute repeater known as the Don Pancho for SFr740,000 ($747,000)....
...At Alexander McQueen, Sarah Burton has sliced multi-stripe cloth in razor-sharp tailoring; and at Berluti, Kris Van Assche has added standout pinstripes to his mix of paint-splattered prints and sporty neon...
...Andrew Griffiths, the Conservative MP for Burton, also had the party whip restored on Wednesday....
...The previous record for a wristwatch was $11m, paid at Phillips in Geneva last year for a Patek Philippe Reference 1518....
...Auction house Phillips has set a record price for a Rolex with the sale of a Reference 6062 triple calendar model for more than SFr5m ($5.1m)....
...” – On Haldane and the Phillips Curve: When trying to increase your pay was dangerous....
...The Yarra River, which bisects the city of Melbourne before emptying into Port Phillip, has seen better days....
...Record timing A 1943 Patek Philippe Reference 1518 became the most expensive wristwatch ever to cross the auction block when it sold in November for SFr11m ($10.8m) at Phillips in Geneva....
...Rolex roll-call As revealed in September’s Watches & Jewellery report, Phillips will stage Hong Kong’s first watch auction dedicated to vintage pieces....
...To that end, Phillips and Mr Bacs have put together a groundbreaking event scheduled for November 28....
...Roland Phillips, partner at Centerview, which has advised on a number of deals involving Mondelez, says consolidation “has strengthened Mondelez as an international biscuit player — they are strong from...
...The example being offered by Phillips has not been on the block before and could realise in excess of $3m. Hammered Sotheby’s Hong Kong once held the most successful horological sales in Asia....
...Phillips eclipse Phillips exceeded the combined totals achieved by Antiquorum, Christie’s and Sotheby’s at last month’s flagship watch sales in Geneva when it made more than SFr32.8m ($33.1m) from 326 lots...
...Aurel Bacs Phillips/Bacs & Russo, Geneva There will be watches with estimates from SFr3,000-SFr500,000 ($3,000-$500,000)....
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