Christie’s Hong Kong Watches Autumn Auctions 2022
Christie’s Hong Kong is presenting three significant sales this autumn, featuring the final two parts of The Champion Collection, as well as some of the world’s most complicated watches and Métiers d’Art masterpieces.
On 27 November, the Live Sale of ‘The Champion Collection Part VI: The Finest Watchmaking’ will feature 82 lots; the same day Christie’s will also present 223 Important Watches featuring the astonishing Triazza Collection Part I, which encompasses some of the rarest and most sublime timepieces from Patek Philippe.
An Online Sale will first be held from 24 November to 7 December, introducing Part V of The Champion Collection, entitled ‘The Panerai Encyclopedia – Final Chapter’.
The Champion Collection Part VI: ‘The Finest Watchmaking’
The sixth auction from The Champion Collection, entitled ‘The Finest Watchmaking’, offers collectors a cornucopia of stunning examples of the watchmaker’s art.
The Champion Collection Part VI auction offers 82 lots, manufactured by prestigious brands like Patek Philippe, Rolex, Cartier, Audemars Piguet, A. Lange & Söhne, Greubel Forsey, F.P. Journe, Franck Muller, Ulysse Nardin, Breguet, JLC and Vacheron Constantin.
Top lots
(1) Lot 2282: Patek Philippe Ref. 5208P
Patek Philippe Ref. 5208P is an important and highly complicated platinum automatic minute repeating instantaneous perpetual calendar single button chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, leap year and day/night indication. This example was made in 2014. Estimate: HK$5,500,000-11,000,000.
(2) Métiers d’Art masterpieces: Vacheron Constantin’s “Tribal Mask” set
Christie’s is presenting one of the extremely rare full set of four from the 2007 first series Métiers d’Art “Tribal Mask” wristwatches. One of the highlights of the ‘Champion Collection’, these spectacular creations are considered to be great works of art, the masks are entirely hand-made by craftsmen of the highest caliber working with precious materials.
The finish of the gold masks has been captured in amazing detail and faithfully reproduces the original full-size masks that served as models. The outstanding watchmaking skills of Vacheron Constantin transform the Tribal Mask watches into wearable masterpieces of outstanding beauty.
Only 25 highly exclusive sets were made worldwide in 2007, further sets of four watches were also produced for the years 2008 and 2009.
Each set features four different masks so that, over those three years, a total of 12 watches were produced. One of the world’s greatest watch collectors, the owner of The Champion Collection acquired one of each of the three complete sets of four. Starting with the 2007 set offered in this auction, the sets made in 2008 and 2009 will follow in future sales. (Each mask is sold as an individual piece).
Lot 2249 – From the Vacheron Constantin Les Masques collection, an impressive and extremely rare 18k pink gold limited edition automatic wristwatch with day, date and 18k gold hand engraved micro sculpture of an Indonesia antique mask from the Barbier-Muller Museum. Circa 2008. Estimate: HK$375,000-750,000.
Lot 2248 – From the Vacheron Constantin Les Masques collection, an impressive and extremely rare 18k gold limited edition automatic wristwatch with day, date and 18k gold hand engraved micro sculpture of a China antique mask from the Barbier-Muller Museum. Circa 2008. Estimate: HK$375,000-750,000.
Lot 2251 – From the Vacheron Constantin Les Masques collection, an impressive extremely rare platinum limited edition automatic wristwatch with day, date and 18k gold hand engraved micro sculpture of a Congo antique mask from the Barbier-Muller Museum. Circa 2008. Estimate: HK$375,000-750,000.
Lot 2250 – From the Vacheron Constantin Les Masques collection, an impressive and extremely rare 18k white gold limited edition automatic wristwatch with day, date and 18k gold hand engraved micro sculpture of an Alaska antique mask from the Barbier-Muller Museum. Circa 2008. Estimate: HK$375,000-750,000.
(3) Enamel wonders
Lot 2258 – Patek Philippe Ref. 7131/175R
This is a magnificent and extremely rare limited edition ladies’ 18k pink gold and diamond-set automatic world time wristwatch with cloisonné enamel dial featuring the Geneva harbour, made to commemorate the 175th anniversary of Patek Philippe. Circa 2015. Estimate: HK$1,000,000-2,000,000.
Lot 2263 – Patek Philippe Ref 5077/100R-033
This is a rare 18k pink gold and diamond set wristwatch with cloisonné enamel dial featuring a view of Tuscany. Circa 2018. Estimate: HK$700,000-1,400,000.
Lot 2246 – Jaeger Le-Coultre Reverso à Éclipse ‘Famous Nudes’
This is an extremely rare platinum reversible wristwatch with enamel dial depicting Primavera by Botticelli. Estimate: HK$300,000-600,000.
Lot 2247 – Jaeger Le-Coultre Reverso à Éclipse ‘Famous Nudes’
This is a magnificent and extremely rare platinum reversible wristwatch with enamel dial depicting the Turkish Bath by Jean Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Estimate: HK$300,000-600,000
Important Watches Featuring the Triazza Collection Part I
The Triazza Collection is a dream Patek Philippe collection, an incredible grouping that is not only testament to the taste and discernment of its present owner, but also one where each individual watch has been carefully chosen for its rarity, condition, beauty and provenance.
Lot 2519 – A unique yellow gold Patek Philippe Ref. 5004J-017 with Certificate of Origin-confirmed stunning black monogram dial, luminous indexes and luminous hands and white tachymeter scale, made as a bespoke commission for the remarkable American collector Michael Steven Ovitz. Estimate: HK$5,000,000-10,000,000.
Lot 2520 – Patek Philippe Ref. 1415 Heures Universelles. Estimate: HK$1,500,000-3,000,000.
Lot 2521 – Patek Philippe Geneva Observatory 1st Prize winning tourbillon, possibly unique in retaining both its original gold case and white enamel Breguet numeral dial and, in addition, its original antimagnetic observatory contest case and original contest silver sector dial. Estimate: HK$5,500,000-11,000,000.
Lot 2522 – The “Esmond Bradley Martin” Patek Philippe Ref.605HU cloisonné dial ‘North America’. Estimate: HK$7,000,000-14,000,000
Schedule
Important Watches Featuring The Triazza Collection Part I
Live Sale – Various Owners
Date: 27 November 2022
Number of lots: 223 lots
Total low estimate: HK$120 million
The Champion Collection Part VI: ‘The Finest Watchmaking’
Live Sale – Single Owner
Date: 27 November 2022
Number of lots: 82 lots
Total low estimate: HK$49 million
The Champion Collection, Part V: ‘The Panerai Encyclopedia-Final Chapter’
Online Sale – Single Owner
Date: 24 Nov – 7 Dec 2022
Number of lots: 88 lots
Total low estimate: HK$5.5 million
