Auction Results from Phillip's and FutureGrail

Join our livestream at 8:00PM EST as we review the latest auction results from Philipp’s and FutureGrail - covering modern and vintage watches the top brands. We will be joined by a special guest commentator…

With growing collector interest in independent avant garde watch makers, collectors are focusing on important complications from brands like MB&F and Urwerk. The Phillips September 12 watch auction in Geneva, featured a tightly curated selection of 70 lots, and included many indy’s.

Below, this space-age design Urwerk, Ref# UR-103 in white gold from a limited edition of 25, sold for $56,000, well above an estimate of $24,000-44,000.

^{Below, this circa 2010 MB&F Ref# 20.DT in pink ink gold and titanium, features instantaneous jump hour,  with retrograde minutes, date, and bi-hemisphere moon phases. One of only 29 made in this configuration. Soared above conservative estimates of $20,000-$40,000 - selling for $120,000. A reasonable price given the rising market interest in MB&F.}

At FutureGrail’s Singapore auction, This Patek Philippe circa 1944 Calatrava Ref 1491 sold for $27,300 soaring above the high estimate of $10,000-20,000.

Check out our full auction preview with FutureGrail.com senior specialist Arnaud Tellier here. Tellier, is the former director and curator of the Patek Philippe museum in Geneve working closely with Philippe Stern. He spent thousands of hours in the Patek Philippe archives, making him one of the few on the planet with that level of access and knowledge on all things Patek Philippe.

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