Le Concours de Complexité: Single Owner Online Auction
Online Auction 13-20 January 2023
Join us in looking back at another record-breaking year for Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo. Oh, and you won’t want to miss what our team forecasts for the rest of 2023.
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Rolex has crafted watch dials out of some of the world’s most exotic minerals for nearly 50 years. No less than 24 different semi-precious stones have been used in special examples of watches like the Day-Date, the Datejust, and the Daytona over the years. The newest hardstone dial to join the catalog came in 2021 – here’s everything you need to know about the “Eisenkiesel” Rolex Day-Date.
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We’re playing the hits to kick start "Le Concours de Complexité," our first-ever F.P. Journe-exclusive online auction.
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Our first Watch auction of the year is a once-in-a-lifetime single-owner online sale dedicated to F.P. Journe, featuring some of the independent watchmaker's most coveted and complicated creations.
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What you need to know before starting your collection.
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The auction concluded a two-year Streak of 100%-sold sales, a first for any auction house in history,
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13 January 2023 - 20 January 2023 • Hong Kong
10 December 2022 - 11 December 2022 • New York
30 November 2022 - 6 December 2022 • Hong Kong
28 November 2022 - 29 November 2022 • Hong Kong
5 November 2022 - 6 November 2022 • Geneva
21 September 2022 - 28 September 2022 • Hong Kong
Taking place on Phillips.com and Phillips App from 13-20 January 2023, the online sale comprising 11 F.P. Journe watches offers an exciting opportunity for the international collecting community to acquire exceptional models from this highly respected brand.
30 January 2023
In 2022, we achieved a new milestone and set the benchmark yet again for watch auctions across the globe, with an annual total of over US$227 million, marking the highest annual result reached by any auction house’s Watch department, up nearly 10% compared to the previous year.
15 December 2022
11 December 2022
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, including for a Rolex wristwatch, vintage Patek Philippe wristwatch, and Omega wristwatch at auction, 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.
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. Rolex "Bao Dai" reference 6062 (5,066,000 CHF) – The Geneva Watch Auction: FIVE – 14 May 2017.
4. 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
5. Omega "Tourbillon 30 I" prototype (1,428,500 CHF) – The Geneva Watch Auction: SIX – 12 November 2017. Highest result ever achieved for an Omega at auction.
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