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Finally, any auctioned watch without public online records from auctioneers (e.g. major auction houses) will not be included in the ranking. As of December 2022, the most expensive watch (and wristwatch) ever sold at auction is the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010, fetching US$31.19 million (31,000,000 CHF) in Geneva on 9 ...
In November 2009 and March 2004, Antiquorum sold the yellow-gold and the white-gold Patek Philippe Calibre 89, respectively, and both watches currently rank among the top 10 most expensive watches ever sold at auction, with final prices over 5 million US dollars (the auction record for Antiquorum). [10] [11] [12] [13]
BusinessWeek cited the market value of most Universal Genève watches from the 1960s as approximately ranging between $2,500–$3,500 (figures adjusted to 2010 inflation) [42] Among the rarest and most expensive of Universal Genève timepieces includes the 'Golden Janus', a 1994 centennial of the 1930s Cabriolet, which were limited to 10 in ...
Geneva: Jeanrichard S.A. Arcadia Watches: 1858 Fleurier Claude Sanz Geneva Private: Richard Baldwin (CEO) Armand Nicolet: 1875 Armand Nicolet Tramelan: 20 Privately held company: Ateliers deMonaco: 2008 Geneva Watch Manufacturer Members of the Citizen Group Pim Koeslag, Robert van Pappelendam, Peter Stas: Audemars Piguet: 1875 [1] [2] [3] Le ...
This list is a duplicate of Category:Watch brands, which will likely be more up-to-date and complete. Manufacturers that are named after the founder are sorted by surname. Names in this list require an article about the watch brand or watchmaker
Eight watches belonging to auto racing icon Michael Schumacher sold Tuesday for nearly 4 million Swiss francs ($4.4 million) at a Geneva auction. The top piece in the sale, organized by Schumacher ...
Georges Louis Ruedin (1870–1935), Swiss watch producer, Berner Jura, director of the Société Horlogère Reconvilier. Jens Olsen (1872–1945), Danish clockmaker, Ribe, astronomical world clock in Copenhagen. Jämes Pellaton (1873–1954), Swiss watchmaker, Le Locle, tourbillon. Louis Cartier (1875–1942), French watchmaker, Paris, Cartier ...
The "Watch Valley" covers all the Swiss Jura Arc, from Geneva to Basel, and is the primary location of the Swiss watch-making industry.Beginning initially in 15th century Geneva, the cradle of the European time keeping industry, and spreading north east through the Jura Mountains, the great majority of the companies related to the Swiss watch-making industry were first established.