Sotheby's New York - Final Watch & Clock Auction Results
A 18K White Gold and Diamond-Set Limited Edition Tourbillon Wristwatch with Power Reserve, made by Chopard circa 2007, and Platinum Automatic Minute Repeating Perpetual Calendar Tonneau Wristwatch with retrograde Date and Moon-Phases, made by Patek Philippe circa 1997, both achieved $461,000.
Katharine Thomas, Head of Sotheby's Watches department in New York, commented: "This has been a fantastic season for watch and clock sales at Sotheby's worldwide, and we are thrilled to finish it with an auction that performed so well across the full diversity of makers and time periods represented. In addition to the modern wristwatches by Chopard and Patek Philippe that led the sale, we saw top results for timepieces spanning the entire last century of technical and artistic achievement: from a circa 1915 Cartier desk timepiece that fetched $100,000, to a prototype sports model made by Rolex in 1967 that achieved $383,000 - nearly five times its high estimate - and a massive, limited edition tourbillon by A. Lange & Söhne from 2011 that brought $197,000."
Katharine Thomas continued: "It was a particular privilege to present pieces from two distinguished private collections: a wonderful selection pocket watches, form watches, automata, and pieces made for the Chinese, Indian and South American export markets owned by inventor and businessman Robert Howard together brought $1.4 million, while all ten lots from the estate of famed golf course designer Jaime Ortiz-Patiño were sold, led by a Patek Philippe Ref 5004R that brought $185,000.