Phillips' Geneva Watch Auction XXIII Becomes the Highest-Grossing Watch Sale Ever
CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins92% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 92%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 2 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterPhillips[1][2]' own results file for 'The Geneva Watch Auction: XXIII ... Sale Number CH080226 May 09, 2026' records the sale date and the CHF 74,846,995 total.
Phillips' Geneva Watch Auction XXIII totalled CHF 74,846,995 across 225 lots, the highest total for any watch auction in history, led by a Patek Philippe Ref. 2523 'Polychrome Two-Crown World Time' that sold for CHF 7,961,000.
CHF 74.8M
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