Christie\u2019s will mark its 40th anniversary in Asia with two watch auctions, each with a Patek Philippe timepiece from the Kronos: Titans of Time collection as its lead item.<\/p>\n
A Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon watch will carry a high estimate of HKD 43 million ($5.3 million) at the November 25 Iconic 40 Watches Evening Sale, Christie\u2019s said last week. The piece features an 18-karat white gold double dial with 12 complications, including perpetual calendar, tourbillon and sky chart phases.<\/p>\n
The auction house will also present a rare F.P. Journe watch with a ruby dial and platinum limited edition tourbillon with dead beat seconds and power reserve. It has a price range of HKD 16 million to HKD 32 million ($2 million to $4 million). Another Patek Philippe timepiece, boasting a baguette-cut ruby-set bezel with automatic astronomical sky charts, phases and orbit of the moon, has an upper estimate of HKD 24 million ($3 million).<\/p>\n
The Important Watches sale on November 26 will showcase the second Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon, this one with an 18-karat pink gold double dial and 12 complications, including moon age and angular motion. The piece is likely to fetch between HKD 8 million and HKD 16 million ($1 million and 2 million). An F.P Journe platinum dual time wristwatch with an upper estimate of HKD 16 million ($2 million) will also be among the top lots at the sale. Additionally, the auction house is offering a Cartier clock featuring a panther with emeralds, blue sapphires and chalcedony, grey diamonds and brilliant-cut diamonds. It has a high price of HKD 12 million ($1.5 million).<\/p>\n
The two auctions will take place during Hong Kong Luxury week and will comprise more than 300 timepieces.<\/p>\n
The Kronos: Titans of Time Collection is \u201cone of the most important single-owner watch collections ever offered by Christie\u2019s,\u201d the auction house said.<\/p>\n
The sales\u2019 combined low estimate tops HKD 330 million ($42 million), which is the highest-ever seasonal total estimate for the watches category in Asia.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe sales showcase the artistry, innovation, rarity and craftsmanship that define the pinnacle of horological collecting,\u201d Christie\u2019s added.<\/p>\n
Image: The Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon watch that will lead The Iconic 40 Watches Evening Sale. (Christie\u2019s)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christie\u2019s will mark its 40th anniversary in Asia with two watch auctions, each with a Patek Philippe timepiece…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31440,61,60,276239,80],"class_list":["post-659160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-christies-hong-kong","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-suzanne-watkin","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}