Photo Report: A Weekend at the New York Watch Auctions

Sights and sounds from the last auction weekend of 2021

Last week, I visited New York to attend the annual watch auctions, glad-hand industry celebs with the goal of joining the international cabal of industry insiders, and do some real boots-on-the-ground reporting. The auctions are always an exciting cap to the year; I’ll have an article coming soon with some takeaways from this weekend, but I thought it’d be fun to publish a little photo report too.

It’s the first time I’ve attended big watch auctions in-person, and — I know everyone says this, but — I’d recommend going if you get the opportunity. It’s a ton of fun to see a bunch of rare watches in one place, meet people that geek out over the same stuff as you, and just be around the watch community.

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Capturing the Patek Philippe ref. 5208R

A pile of watches from collector Greg Selch

Phillips Specialist Marcelo de Marco working two phones

Lot 1T, the Tiffany Blue

Deciding how high to bid on 1T

Patek ref. 570

Richard Lange Tourbillon Pour le Mérite

Aurel Bacs at the rostrum

Hodinkee x Oris Limited Edition

Green with envy / Photo: Perth Ophaswangse (@edinburghtimepieces)

Richard Lange Pour le Mérite

A special Octo Finissimo

The Fifth Ave Cartier Mansion

A gorgeous Lange Cabaret / Photo: Perth Ophaswongse (@edinburghtimepieces)

MB&F / Photo: Perth Ophaswongse (@edinburghtimepieces)

A Phillips specialist celebrating after the auction

And for posterity, here’s the moment Lot 1T, the Patek Philippe Nautilus ref. 5711 Tiffany Blue, hammered for an all-in sale price of $6.5m:

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