Sotheby's, Christie's and Phillips raked in a combined $626 million in watch sales. Here are the 20 top lots.
Here are the top watches sold at auction in 2022. Ten were sold by Christie’s, and five each were auctioned by Phillips and Sotheby’s. All but number 20 hammered for more than $2 million. Nine watches sold for over $3 million.The top lot of the year, sold by Sotheby’s in Hong Kong last spring was a Patek Philippe Ref. 2499, a pink gold version of Patek’s famous perpetual calendar chronograph. It was made in 1957 and double-signed by the retailer Gobbi Milano.
The Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon Ref. 5002R set a world auction record for the reference and doubled its pre-sale estimate at a Christie’s auction last spring. The pink gold masterpiece includes 12 complications, including a cathedral minute repeater, tourbillon, perpetual calendar with retrograde date, moon age and angular motion, sidereal time and sky chart.F.P. Journe Grande et Petite Sonnerie SouveraineThis one-of-a-kind F.P.
This “possibly unique” Patek Philippe Ref. 3974 was sought after by 20 bidders at a spring sale by Phillips in Hong Kong. It has a yellow gold case made by the legendary case maker Jean-Pierre Hagmann and features a black lacquer dial embellished with the Calatrava Cross logo.George Daniels The top lot in Phillips spring New York Auction Six was the first platinum George Daniels Anniversary watch, with serial number 00. It set a record for a George Daniels wristwatch and for any British-made wristwatch at auction . It was one of four platinum pieces in a series of 47 released in 2010 to commemorate the anniversary of the invention of Daniels’s co-axial movement.Sotheby’s sold this Patek Philippe Ref. 5217 in Hong Kong last.
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