Horological Meandering

It's been a while since Christie's did preview in Japan for its watch auction.  The auction itself is to be held on May 29 in Hong Kong and some of the pieces were displayed at Ferrari dealer (Cornes) in Tokyo (gong to Osaka tomorrow).  The display included jewelry as well and it appeared that the Ferrari clientele (who Ferrari shop staff fully attended) were showing interest in those jewelries.  The collaboration seemed to be working.  For watches, some of the Ferrari owners or clientele were showing interest, too.  Watch nuts were not so paid attention, though.  But many thanks to Cornes, we could see, touch, and handle (and even hear) some of the masterpieces.  The e-Catalog is not ready yet, so let me show you some of the pieces for the May 29 Auction:

(Note: showing photos here including some of the serial numbers are permitted by Christie's)


Showroom on the ground floor with many, I mean, many serious business going on (they sell 6 per week on average! - where is the economic slump???).  When I came back to Tokyo, I noticed that I see a few Ferrari of Lamborghini everyday - much more often than in New York......  I don't know if it's good or bad.....




On the second floor.











Christie's and Ferrari collaboration





Now the watches:

Breguet












Christophe Claret Dualtow Night Eagle




RM003




HD3 Vulcania




And rotating video (just for fun ):




HW Opus 1, piece unique dial color.




Maitres Du Temps








Chopard LE of 35








Cartier












Rolex (this must be my first time to take and show Rolex photo )




Franck Muller




AP Jules Audemars WG/ diamond Minute Repeater Tourbillon Chronograph




Breguet WG/ Diamond/ Sapphire "Marine" Chrono








Patek 5131 Cloisone




Vintage PP 2481 (?)




PP 5075 (Black Goat)




PP 5075 (Green Goat)




PP Grand Complication showcase:




5207 - Extremely nice!




























5074












5004




5004




5016




5020




There were many more, but these are just tiny part of the highlight of what you will see in the auction.

Again, many thanks to Mr. Sam Hines, Ms. Yuko Fukagawa of Christie's and Cornes.  We are looking forward to more of these preview held here.
 
Ken

This message has been edited by KIH on 2012-04-29 11:14:53

Looks like a great auction, I look forward to seeing the Dualtow coming up as always liked this watch and never seen one on the secondary market. Also all the Opus's (Opi?) that are also up for sale.

Cheers
Andrew

... pieces.  Should be interesting to see where the price will go.

Ken

Christies also benefits from marketing lists of Ferrari Japan. the thing that caught my eye, strabngely isnt any watch...ok, the 504 and 5207 did makeme pause, but the 360 Challenge Stradale...sweet memories!!

best,

Horo

... to my eyes, they looked all the same..  Sorry, my eyes must be very biased

Wearing such watch without closing the strap...





Thanks a lot for the report Ken!

Fx

The strap and buckle wasn't genuine and it just couldn't be through the buckle easily - yes, for CITES reason. all the straps had been replaced with cheapy calf and buckles are cheap generic as well.....  But, the point is it wasn't so bad on my wrist   Estimate was just about the list price, or?  Perhaps about the same as three Ferraris, heh.

Ken

Thank you for preview
Your post is perfect Sunday evening read
Great cars & awesome pictures + magnificent watches=Tokyo Heaven
That AP diamond MR gave me thinking...what is the feeling when you
engage diamond studded MR slide
Some serious bling inside Ferrari Showroom
Best
Damjan

... you would have your thumb skin cut every time you ring the MR   I should have asked to handle that!

Ken

Lucky you being able to visit this place !

Thanks for the share Ken.

Best,

Mark

... otherwise, I would never go there nor do they let me in   I wondered, "what do they see in these global warming promotion machines in this era..."   Hehehe.

Ken

This message has been edited by KIH on 2012-04-29 21:45:57

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It will an interesting auction....  I will be on the other side of the globe that day, unfortunately....

Ken

Amazing!  Just amazing!  And a nice venue too!  

later this week at the ArtScience Museum of the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resorts (the white bowl-shape or lotus-shaped structure near the bottom right hand corner of the photo).  Seems like quite a lot of pieces with blings.  Will try to post photos if Christie's allows me to.

 

Melvin

 

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