Event Date12 MAY 1PM CEST | Live auction 23915

Rare Watches, Featuring Stories in Time: A Collection of Exceptional Watches

12 MAY 1PM CEST

Registration Closes: 12 daysBidding Starts: 12 days

Sale Overview

Christie’s Rare Watches auction returns to Geneva this May, following the success of the Rare Watches Including Watches for ELA auction in November 2024, which totalled CHF 18,100,000 with a sell-through rate of 96%.

Curated by an international team of passionate specialists, the Geneva sale will offer watches of the utmost rarity and desirability, including icons from vintage and independent brands alike. This extraordinary selection of watches is sure to appeal to the most astute and exigent collectors.

Highlights from the sale will be on view in the following locations:
- New York: 11–16 April at Christie’s New York, 20 Rockefeller Plaza
- Miami: 21–22 April (by appointment only) at the Moore, 4040 NE 2nd Ave
- Bangkok: 28–30 April at Christie’s Bangkok, 20th Floor, Grayson Tower, Unit L20C, 127 Ratchadamri Road, Lumphini, Patumwan
- Los Angeles: 1 May at Christie’s Los Angeles, 336 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills

For general enquiries about this auction, please contact Mathieu Ruffat at mruffat@christies.com.

Auction times

12 May 01:00 PM (CEST) Lots 1-184

Our specialist’s selection

Brought to you by

Remi Guillemin

Head of Watches, Europe and Americas | Watches & Wristwatches

With over a decade of experience gained in the Christie’s Geneva, New York, Hong Kong and Dubai watch departments since 2013, Remi Guillemin has acquired a deep understanding of the global watch…

With over a decade of experience gained in the Christie’s Geneva, New York, Hong Kong and Dubai watch departments since 2013, Remi Guillemin has acquired a deep understanding of the global watch market. Responsible for overseeing transactions in both auctions and privates sales, he has worked with collectors from around the globe to successfully offer some of the rarest timepieces available at any moment to the market. As Head of Watches for the Americas and EMEA, Remi and his teams have energized the department and oversaw highly successful watch auctions, including a white glove sale (100% sold by lot) upon the debut of his tenure as head of department in November 2021 or “The Legendary and Unique Watches” auction in November 2022 selling 100% by lot and achieving 31,877,418 CHF with only 111 lots. Remi and his team were also responsible for the first stand-alone sale for any independent watchmaker, “The Art of F.P. Journe” also selling 100% in May 2023, “Passion for Time” selling for 39,662,316 CHF and kicked off the auction season 2024 by offering eight iconic watches, the property of the most famous F1 driver Michael Schumacher selling 100% and highlighted by his unique F.P. Journe Vagabondage 1, celebrating his 7 F1 title wins and his personalized Audemars Piguet Royal Oak, celebrating 6 F1 championship titles. In New York, Remi has been credited for curating with his team a white glove auction in June 2024, and setting the record for most expensive timepiece ever sold by Christie’s at auction in the US, with a Richard Mille RM56-02 for 3,014,500 USD.

Throughout the years, Remi has been credited with the sale of some of the rarest Rolex timepieces, including the Rolex “Legend” reference 6263 with Paul Newman Lemon dial achieving CHF3,414,000 or the Deep Sea Special No.1 selling for CHF1,890,000. Remi Guillemin has also been responsible for the sale of superb Patek Philippe timepieces for example Ref. 5711/1A-018 which achieved CHF3,174,000 or reference 2523 “L’heure d’Or” selling for CHF2,670,000. Highly passionate, Remi has also overseen sales of milestone wristwatches by independent watchmakers, including the Philippe Dufour Grande et Petite Sonnerie minute repeater No. 1 for CHF5,127,000, the “Jean Todt” Richard Mille, RM56-01 achieving CHF3,654,000 or the unique F.P. Journe Grande Sonnerie with blue dial selling for CHF3,054,000.