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.
For the full auction report, check out: 13 weird takeaways from attending my first in-person auction
Capturing the Patek Philippe ref. 5208R
A pile of watches from collector Greg Selch
Lot 1T, the Tiffany Blue Patek Philippe Nautilus 5711
Phillips Specialist Marcelo de Marco working two phones
Patek ref. 570
Richard Lange Tourbillon Pour le Mérite
Hodinkee x Oris Limited Edition
Green with envy
Richard Lange Pour le Mérite
A special Octo Finissimo
The Fifth Avenue Cartier Mansion
A gorgeous Lange Cabaret
MB&F
A Phillips specialist celebrating a successful sale
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: