Posts tagged #Phillips Decade One Auction

Watch Auctions: Phillips Shatters Records in USD 83 Million Auction. Steel Patek Philippe 1518 Sells for USD 17.6 Million.

Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo, just delivered a masterclass in watch auctions this past weekend. Their "Decade One (2015–2025)" sale, held at the Hotel President in Geneva on November 8-9, achieved a staggering CHF 66,815,725 / USD 83,018,538 / €71,753,407—the highest total in U.S. dollars for any watch auction ever conducted.

Watch Auctions: Phillips Watches Decade One Auction. The Vacheron Constantin Prototype That Deserves Your Attention.

What caught our attention? The Vacheron Constantin prototype that is in the auction, along with other interesting prototypes from some of the most renowned independent watchmakers. Not the usual suspects you see at every major auction, but the actual first iterations—the test pieces, the experiments, the watches that capture horological ideas in their rawest form