Geneva auctions, November 2024 ----> Patek Philippe, Rolex, Breguet, Derek Pratt, FPJ, Dufour

 Dear watch aficionado.

Herewith I want to show you some of the timepieces that I could inspect during the auction weekend this month in Geneva. Some very spectacular, beautiful and rare watches were up for sale again.

Kind regards.

ChB

www.watchcollector.lu

 

 

These five superb Patek Philippe timepieces were sold by Sotheby's. I wanted to have a photo with these five watches together as it really shows some horological importance in one photo.

• 2499 first series, pink gold, Wenger case
• 1518 pink gold
• 2499 second series, yellow gold, with modified bracelet
• 1436 with all gravé & émaillé dial, probably unique
• 1563 yellow gold, unique with the lume dial
  
   

 

These three timepieces I really love to see, sold at Phillips. Especially the Derek Pratt Oval Tourbillon, a watch that I know for the past 10 years and which means a lot to me. Then there was the François Paul Journe Tourbillon 15/93 which was really great to see in metal. Looking forward if the N°11/91 (which is in the personal collection of Mr. Journe himself) ever comes to the market. And then there was as well a previously unknown Philippe Dufour Duality.

 

 Another watch that I really loved to see is the following Breguet calendrier perpetuel with retrograde date from the mid 1930s. A watch that really has a great appearance on the wrist and a very nice aura. It was sold at Christie's.

The more, Christie's had this very nice Rolex 6062 pink gold Stelline in their auction and this nice and early Daniel Roth Tourbillon Régulateur.

At Antiquorum I had a look at this early François Paul Journe Tourbillon N°24, where the number is engraved on the caseback. I think that there are only three FPJ Tourbillon known with this type of serial engraving on the caseback.