The Most Expensive, Wackiest, and Historic Watches at This Weekend’s Wild Watch Auction

This weekend in Geneva, the world’s most passionate and deep-pocketed watch collectors gathered in person, called in, or logged on for a series of watch auctions: Christie’s, Only Watch, and Phillips all held news-making auctions over the same span. And while the Only Watch auction may have been top-loaded with the wackiest most unique creations—a Patek Philippe desk clock sold for about $10,400,400!—but nothing quite matched Phillips’s behemoth two-day event, complete with nearly 250 watches. The marathon auction provided plenty of insights into the state of the watch world. Underdog independent brands flourished, a pair of super-rare Rolex pieces went… Read Full Article