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Phillips Watches May auctions establish multiple records

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The inaugural watch auctions held by Phillips, in colaboration with Bacs & Russo, on 9 and 10 May 2015 realized a combined total of Swiss Francs 29,649,363 / US$ 31,834,734 / Euro 28,411,944, selling 97% by lot. The auctions offered four watches for more than US$a million and established multiple records including for just about any stainless watch, for just about any Rolex watch offered at auction, as well as for any Rolex watch Day-Date.

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Recently we presented some popular features of these auctions here. Of individuals outlined watches, the Patek Philippe 130 Single Button Chronograph in stainless with pulsations scale along with a sector design realized Swiss Francs 4,645,000 / US$ 4,987,383 / Euro 4,451,141, greater than doubling its estimate of Swiss Francs a million to two million and setting a brand new record cost for a stainless-steel watch offered at auction. The valuable watch was offered for an anonymous bidder around the telephone.

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The Rolex watch Cosmograph Daytona 6263 ‘The Oyster Albino’, area of the personal assortment of Eric Clapton previously, offered for Swiss Francs 1,325,000 / USOne Dollar,422,666 / Euro 1,269,701 (estimate: Swiss Francs 500,000 – 1,000,000), an archive for just about any Rolex watch offered at auction.

The Longines Dieudonné Costes Lindbergh Hour Position, among the earliest a lot of the auction, offered for Swiss Francs 143,000 / US$ 153,540 / Euro 137,032. (Estimate: Swiss Francs 60,000 – 80,000).

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Other amazing results:

A computerized Patek Philippe 2585 in stainless dating back 1958 and housing Patek Philippe’s first self-winding calibre (the 12’’’600) had approximately Swiss Francs 80,000 – 120,000 however it offered to have an impressive Swiss Francs 785,000 / US$ 843,179 / Euro 752,637.

A Patek Philippe 1518 perpetual calendar chronograph with pink dial, pink gold situation and high Gay Frères bracelet from 1948 offered for Swiss Francs 1,445,000 / USOne Dollar,551,511 / Euro 1,384,693 (estimate was Swiss Francs 800,000 to at least one,400,000).

A Rolex watch Day-Date 6612 a.k.a. ‘Big Kahuna’, certainly one of 3 known 6612 references produced in platinum, realized Swiss Francs 473,000 / US$ 507,865 / Euro 453,259, greater than doubling its pre-purchase estimate of Swiss Francs 100,000 to 200,000 and damaging the world record cost for just about any Rolex watch Day-Date.

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