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| Highlights included in the December New York sale (for HIGH DEFINITION please click on the image) |
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The connoisseur horologist will be excited to note that the first Patek Philippe Ref. 5020 ever produced, No. 3045000, will be offered in the December auction. The so-called “TV Watch”, produced in 1994, is an extremely fine and very rare, tonneau-shaped, astronomic, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, register, 24-hour indication, perpetual calendar and moon phases. |
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Another extraordinary timepiece and highlight of the sale is the Patek Philippe Ref. 5016. Produced in 1993, this timepiece is an extremely fine, rare and important, astronomic, minute-repeating, platinum wristwatch with one-minute tourbillon regulator, retrograde perpetual calendar and moon phases. |
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Also for the Patek Philippe collector there is a Ref. 5013. Production of this reference started in 1992. It is an extremely fine, rare and important, tonneau-shaped, minute-repeating, astronomic, self-winding, platinum wristwatch with retrograde perpetual calendar, moon phases and leap year indication. Estimate: $ 400,000 - $ 500,000. |
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Franck Muller collectors will eagerly be vying for the Caliber 97 "Grande et Petite Sonnerie, Minute-Repeater - Perpetual Calendar”. Produced in 1997, this extraordinary timepiece is a unique, fine and rare, astronomic, grande et petite sonnerie minute-repeating, platinum and diamond set wristwatch with perpetual calendar, equation of time, moon phases and 24 hour display. Estimate: $ 300,000 - $ 350,000 |
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"The Antiquorum team of internationally recognized experts have worked tirelessly to assemble an extraordinary selection of sought-after timepieces, " said Evan Zimmerman, President & CEO, Antiquorum USA. "From the first-ever produced Patek Philippe Reference 5020 to the unique Franck Muller Caliber 97, the timepieces included in this sale will draw collectors from all over the world.”
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Online catalogue – The catalogue for this auction will be posted online at www.antiquorum.com two weeks prior to the sale. New and returning clients may register for online bidding at that time. After receiving a paddle and a pin number, clients have the option of placing absentee bids directly on the site, or bidding interactively on auction day. For those collectors, who are simply interested in following the auction as it progresses, a live internet broadcast will take place on the same site, for which no registration is required. Sale results for the traditional auction will be posted online after the sale. |
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Auction: Thursday, December 11
Shanghai: Hong Kong: Tokyo Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills: Hours Minutes Seconds
New York: Antiquorum Auctioneers
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| Next Antiquorum Auction – New York- March 5, 2009 | |||
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About Antiquorum Antiquorum is unquestionably the world’s leading watch auctioneer; of the 62 watches ever sold publicly by major auction houses above SFR. 1,000,000, Antiquorum claims an impressive 44. In 2002, Antiquorum established the all-time world record price for a wristwatch at auction when it sold a platinum Patek Philippe World Time Ref. 1415 from 1939 for an astounding CHF 6,603,500 (US$ 4,026,524). This record-breaking price more than doubled the previous world record price for a wristwatch at auction. Another record price for a modern watch was achieved in 2004, the unique white gold Calibre 89, also by Patek Philippe, was sold for SFr. 6,603,500 (US$ 5,002,652). |
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