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Watch auctions: Calendar for fall 2020

Well, that didn’t go as planned. On our auctions page, we usually keep a calendar of major watch auctions around the world. Obviously, the universe had plans this year that had no concern for a few measly auctions, and so that calendar has largely been tossed aside. But, auction houses have done well to adapt, moving auctions online and re-shifting calendars.

With that, we wanted to aggregate auctions from some of the major houses over the rest of 2020. We’ve marked the “headline” auctions from the largest auction houses — Christie’s, Phillips, Sotheby’s, and Antiquorum — with an asterisk (“*”) so you can skim the list below to find the most important auctions. Happy bidding!


October

1-13: Christie’s Watches Online

*9: Sotheby’s Important Watches (Hong Kong)

9: Bonham’s Making Waves: Seiko (London)

13-20: Artcurial: Modern & Vintage Watches Online

15-29: Christie’s Watches Online: Dubai Edit

18: Antiquorum Online Live Auction (Hong Kong)

26: Fellows Watches Auction (London)

*28: Sotheby’s Important Watches (London)

31: Monaco Legends Exclusive Timepieces

November

5-19: Christie’s Watches Online: Geneva Edit

*6-7: Phillips Geneva Watch Auction XII

7: Dr. Crott: 103rd Auction (Manneheim)

8: Phillips Retrospective 2000-2020 (Hong Kong)

*8-9: Antiquorum Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces (Geneva)

10: Bukowski’s Important Timepieces (Stockholm)

14: Kaplan’s Important Watches (Stockholm)

17: Bonham’s Watches & Wristwatches (London)

24-Dec 10: Christie’s Watches Online (New York)

*28: Christie’s Important Watches (Hong Kong)

*29: Antiquorum Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces (Hong Kong)

December

3: Bonham’s The Art of Time (New York)

5: Watches of Knightsbridge Auction (London)

6: Antiquorum Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces (Monaco)

8: Heritage Auctions: Timepieces (Dallas)

*9: Christie’s Watches (New York)

11-17: Artcurial: Modern & Vintage Watches Online

Ongoing online auctions

  • Sotheby’s has begun running weekly online auctions — often thematic — head to their website to see upcoming auctions. Similarly, Phillips has put renewed focus on Phillips Perpetual, its “online boutique” for private sales.