NEW HAMBURG, Ontario, Canada – A Cartier Pasha minute repeater males’s watch slipped onto a brand new wrist for $64,900 in Miller & Miller Auctions’ bi-annual Watches & Jewels sale held November twentieth. Supplied had been luxurious watches and effective jewellery, with uncommon, fascinating classic and collectible watches from names like Rolex, Tudor, Omega, Patek Philippe, Corum and Panerai.
The Cartier Pasha watch (Ref. W30012) was simply the highest achiever in an public sale that grossed $512,179 (all costs quoted are in Canadian {dollars}). It featured the calibre 179 18 kt gold motion with 26 jewels designed by Gerald Genta. The minute repeater, perpetual calendar with day-date-month, moon section and bissextile year indicator all labored in good concord.
Proper behind the Pasha was one other Cartier magnificence: a Diabolo Tourbillon wristwatch, a rarity produced in restricted numbers via the mid-to-late-1990’s that’s solely been going up in worth as watch collectors scramble so as to add distinctive items to their collections. This instance was serviced and refinished by Cartier in Switzerland in Dec. 2018. It bought for $29,500.
In all, 215 heaps got here up for bid. They included wristwatches, pocket watches, rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and pins. Following are extra highlights from the public sale, during which 267 registered bidders positioned 5,576 complete bids. All costs embody an 18 p.c purchaser’s premium.
The public sale’s runner-up prime lot was a surprising platinum 15.45 carat diamond cocktail ring with a claw-set marquise-shaped minimize diamond, fancy yellowish brown, weighing 4.32 carats, VS-1 readability, plus 32 claw-set spherical sensible minimize diamonds having an approximate complete weight of 5.93 carats. The dimensions 8 ring, weighing 30.80 grams complete, introduced $29,500.
Staying with jewellery, a 14kt gold woman’s mixture solid and assembled four-prong solitaire ring with a brilliant polish end and one basket-set spherical sensible minimize diamond weighing 2.82 carats (Colour: E, Readability: SI-2) went for $15,340; and an 18kt white gold woman’s hand-assembled, custom-made diamond engagement ring with a pleasant excessive polish end, containing one claw-set, pear-shaped minimize diamond weighing 3.42 carats (Colour: M, Readability: SI-2), topped out at $12,980.
A pair of 14kt yellow gold property diamond stud earrings, every with one claw-set spherical sensible minimize diamond weighing 1.38 carats (Colour: M, Readability: SI-1), with an appraisal report from Gem Lab, rose to $10,620. Returning to watches, a circa 2000 woman’s Jaeger-Lecoultre Reverso Swiss watch (Ref. 265.3.86) realized $11,800. The entrance of the case boasted a tasteful array of diamonds and emeralds; the again was surrounded with a body of diamonds and emeralds.
A circa 1978 Rolex Explorer II “Steve McQueen” watch (Ref. 1655), nicknamed “Freccioni” (Italian for “massive arrow”, which describes the watch’s giant hand) went out the door for $23,600.
A circa 1966 Rolex Ref. 16613 Submariner Date watch, chrome steel with 18kt heart hyperlinks and bezel, plus a tritium dial, bought inside estimate for $12,980. Additionally, a circa 1991 Rolex Ref. 16570 Explorer II, an intrepid chronometer constructed to accompany explorers in excessive challenges, earned $11,800. A particular purple hand displayed the time in 24-hour format, to tell apart between evening and day, a helpful characteristic for worldly adventurers.
A uncommon Tudor (Ref. 7928/0) Oyster-Prince Submariner watch, produced solely in 1967, with an open minute monitor that extends to the outer flange of the dial, tritium fingers and quantity plots which have turned to an interesting mustard bronze, reached $10,620; whereas a circa 1978 Tudor Ref. 94110 Submariner watch with stainless case and rolled hyperlink oyster band, and a bi-directional rotating bezel and strange “snowflake” fingers, fetched $10,620.
A circa 2013 Cartier Tank Américaine woman’s watch with an elongated, 27mm, 18kt white gold case curvier than the unique mannequin, to which diamonds had been added to create a extra spectacular presence, rang up $10,620. Additionally, a Cartier 750kt rose and white gold woman’s hand-assembled bangle bracelet with a fold-over clasp and brilliant polish end, modified to incorporate cross-intersecting bands of diamonds set in white gold, hammered for $10,030.
This was an online-only public sale, with no in-person occasion to attend, however bidders had been in a position to tune in to the reside webcast on public sale day at www.MillerandMillerAuctions.com, to observe the heaps shut in actual time. Web bidding was offered by the Miller & Miller web site, in addition to the favored platform www.LiveAuctioneers.com. Phone and absentee bids had been additionally accepted.
Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. has three extra online-only auctions lined up for the winter and early spring. The primary one is developing fast: a Petroliana, Breweriana & Promoting public sale scheduled for Saturday, December 4th. Will probably be adopted by a Canadiana & People Artwork public sale, that includes Half 2 of the Osler assortment, on February twelfth; after which a Music Machines, Toys & Promoting public sale in March 2022 (date and time to be introduced; watch web site for particulars).
Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. is Canada’s trusted vendor of high-value collections and is at all times accepting high quality consignments. The agency focuses on watches and jewellery, artwork, antiques and high-value collectibles. Its mission is to supply collectors with a trusted place to purchase and promote.
To consign a single piece, an property or a group, it’s possible you’ll name them at (519) 573-3710; or, you may e-mail them at info@millerandmillerauctions.com. To study extra about Miller & Miller Auctions, Ltd. and agency’s calendar of upcoming occasions, go to www.millerandmillerauctions.com.
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