Features
Discover Cartier's Extraordinary Clockmaking History This Auction Season At Phillips
You've never seen clocks quite like this.
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What Makes Patek Philippe's 'Saatchi' Edition Watches So Special?
A new Patek Philippe sub-collection was born to an immediate cult following nine years ago in London.
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Understanding The Charles Frodsham Double Impulse Chronometer Escapement
A technical tour tour-de-force in time-only form.
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Appreciating The History Of Rolex's Rare, Vintage 'Star' Dials
You'll be seeing stars when it comes to these rare 1950s Rolex wristwatches.
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Perpetual Picks: A Voyage Across the Skies With De Bethune
An in-depth Look at the DB25 “Starry Varius.”
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Perpetual Picks: From Bedroom Blog to Powerful Partnerships
Explore Hodinkee’s Mark on the Watch World through Three of its Collaborations.
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Phillips Perpetual
Past Auctions
Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Hong Kong Sessions, Spring 2024
19 March 2024 - 26 March 2024 • Hong Kong
Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Geneva Sessions Spring 2024
5 March 2024 - 12 March 2024 • Geneva
The New York Watch Auction: NINE
9 December 2023 - 10 December 2023 • New York
The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XVII
24 November 2023 - 25 November 2023 • Hong Kong
The Geneva Watch Auction: XVIII
3 November 2023 - 4 November 2023 • Geneva
Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Hong Kong Sessions, Fall 2023
21 September 2023 - 28 September 2023 • Hong Kong
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News and Results
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29 April 2024
Phillips to Offer Four Unique, Museum-Quality Art Deco Cartier Clocks Hailing from a Prestigious Private Collection Across Auctions in Hong Kong and New York
Read MoreIncluded in The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XVIII on 24-25 May are an extremely rare magnetic “Water Clock” and a unique jade panel table clock. Featured in The New York Watch Auction: X on 8-9 June are an exceptional Single Axle Mystery Clock, or Pendule Mystérieuse and a fine jade bangle desk clock of Asian inspiration.
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25 April 2024
Phillips Announces Highlights from The Hong Kong Watch Auction XVIII
Read MoreLive Auction on 24-25 May Led by a Patek Philippe Nautilus ref. 3700/1 Made for the Sultan of Oman
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25 April 2024
Phillips to Offer 10 Rare and Important Pocket Watches Hailing from a Prestigious Family Collection Across Auctions in Hong Kong and New York
Read MoreIncluding a Magnificent Charles Frodsham Grande Complication Clock Watch, One of the Most Complicated British Watches Ever Made and a Possibly Unique Patek Philippe Ref. 767 Minute-Repeating Perpetual Calendar Double-Split Chronograph
Watches Department
Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo is the watch department at Phillips auction house, dedicated exclusively to the world's finest collectors' watches. Launched in November 2014 by Aurel Bacs and his partner, Livia Russo, the department was established in response to the ever-increasing need for today's collectors to easily access scholarship, guidance and quality across the board. The team of specialists at Phillips Watches is dedicated to an uncompromised approach to quality, transparency and client service. With multiple world records, Phillips has become the undisputed worldwide market leader, and in 2019, the auction house opened Phillips PERPETUAL, a private treaty program with physical and digital storefronts that offers a highly curated selection of watches sold at fixed prices. In its first year PERPETUAL has achieved more than £5M in sales.
Notable results include :
1. Rolex reference 6239, Paul Newman's "Paul Newman" Rolex Daytona (US $17,752,500) – WINNING ICONS, in New York – 26 October 2017. Highest result ever achieved for a Rolex wristwatch.
2. Patek Philippe, Reference 1518 in stainless steel (11,002,000 CHF) – The Geneva Watch Auction FOUR – 12 November 2016. Highest result ever achieved for a Patek Phillipe wristwatch at auction.
3. Roger Smith, Pocket Watch No. 2 (4,900,000 USD) - The New York Watch Auction : EIGHT – 10 & 11 June. Highest result ever ahcieved by a British made watch.
4. Rolex "Bao Dai" reference 6062 (5,066,000 CHF) – The Geneva Watch Auction: FIVE – 14 May 2017.
5. Patek Philippe ref. 2523 in pink gold (3,722,000 CHF) – The Geneva Watch Auction: XII – Nov 6-7 2020. Highest result ever achieved for a watch sold to an online bidder
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