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11 November 2019, 01:01 PM | #1 |
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Thoughts on Phillips Geneva Watch Auction X results?
Seems like the vintage Rolex market is still relatively strong if these auction results are anything to go by.
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For those wondering, the Swiss Franc is currently 1 to 1 to the US dollar.
This is a very interesting watch, the next Comex?? "It is widely known that Rolex does not usually make limited edition watches or even less rarely accepts to make special pieces upon order, therefore it is quite an event when one of these rare pieces comes to market." https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080219/144 And a stainless steel Day/Date prototype https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080219/247
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The prices seem ridiculous on the modern pieces. They sold a used AP Jumbo from 2018 for $47,500. That’s about $8k more than you’d pay from DavidSW or the like.
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Some of these prices are simply ridiculous
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Just watching Christies and saw this 5513 go for 18,750 (hammer plus premium, not including VAT or tax to import) and this 1680 for 35,000 - both have all docs
https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/...=6231324&lid=1 https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/...=6231325&lid=1 |
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A basic 1603 Datejust can be easily found for USD 3,000, but sold for more than 10 grand in this auction.
A bog-standard Red Sub at an optimistic 25 grand in today's market sold for almost USD 34,000. It kind of feels like proxy bidders who don't know what they're doing are representing wealthy clients who also don't know what they're doing. Who says the bubble's bursting? |
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And how TF is a 25-grand Milgauss 1019 selling for 130 grand?
https://www.phillips.com/detail/rolex/CH080219/157 Either they're reporting the price wrongly, or some oil baron has instructed his bidder to buy at any price... |
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It is when probably only 1 out of 500,000 Milgauss are glossy. Market price currently for a glossy dial is around 100K. The last one sold in 2017 for 150K. It is thought that only a handful were ever built.
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I have dealt with Phillips personally. I wouldn't trust Phillips auction results as indicative of ANYTHING. The prices that are realized at their events are not founded in reality, it seems to be an exclusive little club of some kind that is borderline a scam. Witness the insane Heuer 70s prices that happened a few years ago. NO ONE else ever got close to those prices in any venue, the whole thing was a fraud of some kind. When these irregularities come to light in a few years, remember you read it here first. I think the stainless D-D looks great, and it's certainly a rarity.
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In my honest opinion I think most prices are ok. As always you pay an auction premium for Geneva but looking at Phillips inventory most of the pieces are great. Hence not bargains. What is odd is the prices for the modern standard pieces. Here I think the buyers are people who don’t trust the secondary market and already have a relationship with Phillips for art, jewelry etc. For the good watches I don’t think the prices are crazy. Not cheap but not cray cray. The ones listed so far make sense to me.
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As I just posted on another forum: Phillips seems to sell everything for 2x the market value. I have no clue why.
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This IS the market, but it's the auction market, which is a different animal to private sales and forum sales listings.
I work a lot with auction houses in the art world, and it's similar. Sometimes prices are lower than what you can buy elsewhere, and sometimes they're higher. Some guys/gals with money like buying in the high-end auction world a lot more than hunting around for the best deals. All you need at an auction are two motivated and wealthy buyers who want the same watch for whatever reason. Bidding can be very competitive. |
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I think there’s a few things to consider when discussing this topic. First thing is that the offered watches in Geneva are in general exceptional. They aren’t average. Finding exceptional pieces today is hard. Even for a seasoned collector or dealers. And exceptional watches aren’t cheap if they have already entered the market. People know how to value things and today I would say people even over value their assets in general. That means that if you can’t find fresh to the market pieces you are likely not buying cheap.
If someone thinks prices in auctions are double the market price I would advice them to sell there. Reality is that very few watches are worth putting up for auction. Even if you can negotiate a decent fee. Average or bad quality will either sell bad or not sell at all. Great quality will likely do well but those kind of watches are never cheap. The only winner is the auction house. There’s also the impression that the only people buying from auction are idiot rich people. I would say that in general the buyers are dealers and collectors. Normally very well-informed people.
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roh123-Per makes excellent points. The provenance that a Christies auctioned watch does carry a premium. I'm guilty of paying it and have zero regrets.
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Thoughts on Phillips Geneva Watch Auction X results?
As in other collector circles like art, autos, numismatics, etc. there are some corners where the rarest of the rare are put up for public sale. There are premiums paid, wider bidding ranges and ultra-wealth chasing the otherwise unobtainable.
I think these current results show that. But I also noticed some lots that underperformed within their estimated range. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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It seemed like old Heuer's were making huge price moves, granted they were under valued when a viceroy was 800-1500, about 3/4 years ago and then there momentum has stalled. They did sell a Heuer GMT chrono for a fat number, but it was damn near NOS.
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No idea why they would want that. Seems like those guys are the most passionate ones out there so don't draw too much attention? You could easily price yourself out of the market if you want those watches to go at 15-30-45k.
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While it might bring a premium, or make people feel cozy, it isn’t provenance.
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