"The Royal Presentation Mirror-Image Pair” of gold and painted on enamel and pearl-set pocket watch, circa 1815, soared to a record $2,177,554.
:Watch auctioneer Antiquorum set new two new auction records with its important collector's wristwatches, pocket watches, clocks and horological tools auction last weekend, November 15–16, that realized a total of $12 million at the Grand Hotel Kempinski.
The star of the sale was "The Royal Presentation Mirror-Image Pair" of gold and painted on enamel and pearl-set, rare pocket watch made circa 1815, which reached a worldwide auction price of $2,177,554.
A Patek Philippe, Ref 1518, a pink gold perpetual calendar chronograph, saw enthusiastic bidding that also propelled it to a world record price, $1,148,891.
"The extraordinary results indicate that the passion for rare and important watches continues despite worldwide economic concerns," said Robert Maron, chairman of Antiquorum.
All prices have been converted from Swiss Francs in to US dollars at press time. A complete review will appear in a future issue.
