This department has held its own 'themed' sales since 2005; they take place twice a year alongside the jewellery and silverware sales. The auctions mainly focus on wrist watches, for men made by the most prestigious watch-makers.

Selection of the pieces is made not only on the basis of the name of the watch maker but also their rarity, in the case of vintage watches, and their condition.

In this sector today there are many collectors who started out by making purchases motivated by passion and then transformed this pleasure into an investment. Targeted purchases of watches have, in a few years, turned into extremely profitable investments, thereby attracting on account of their profitability ever growing numbers of "investing collectors".

"Rolex auction: record profits." La Nazione, 12th June 2009

The boom in collectors' watches which began in the eighties, is still increasing today and seems to have not been influenced by the current challenging financial situation. This is true especially for Patek Philippe watches, which achieve the highest prices on the market in international sales.

In our sales we devote a great deal of space to Rolex Maison, amongst which the vintage sports models are some of the most sought after pieces by collectors, who are willing to spend any sum of money in order to possess these rare and sometimes unique pieces.
This is proved by the results of the thematic sale in June 2009, in which 200 Rolexes, from a private collection, were presented and were all knocked down at higher prices than their estimates. The final result was 200% over the estimates.

There is also much interest in the great maison Vacheron & Constantin and IWC whose models always reach very high prices. The historic maisons however, such as Omega, Jaeger le Coultre, Panerai, Breguet, Ulysse Nardin, Breitling, Gerard Perregaux, are not overlooked; around each of these there are groups of passionate collectors.
The niche market of pocket watches, dating from the seventeenth century to the present is also on offer.

Enquiries
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Top Lots

Cartier

RARISSIMO CARTIER LONDON CRASH WATCH IN PLATINO ANNO 1991
RARISSIMO CARTIER LONDON CRASH WATCH IN PLATINO ANNO 1991 [..]
€ 861.500
Sold

ROLEX OYSTER COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA PAUL NEWMAN, ORO 14 KT, REF. 6241, N. [..]

ROLEX OYSTER COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA PAUL NEWMAN, ORO 14 KT, REF. 6 [..]
€ 478.800
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CRONOGRAFO ROLEX DAYTONA PAUL NEWMAN IN ORO 14KT REF 6241 N. 20842XX C [..]

CRONOGRAFO ROLEX DAYTONA PAUL NEWMAN IN ORO 14KT REF 6241 N. 2 [..]
€ 442.200
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CRONOGRAFO DA POLSO IN ACCIAIO, ROLEX, REF. 6263, FONDELLO REF. 6239, [..]

RARO CRONOGRAFO DA POLSO IN ACCIAIO, ROLEX, REF. 6263, FONDELLO RE [..]
€ 381.200
Sold

ROLEX DAYTONA

ROLEX DAYTONA "EYE OF THE TIGER" REF. 116588TBR DIAMOND - PAVE [..]
€ 275.000
Sold

UN ECCEZIONALE E RARO CRONOGRAFO DA POLSO IN ACCIAIO, ROLEX, REF. 6263 [..]

UN ECCEZIONALE E RARO CRONOGRAFO DA POLSO IN ACCIAIO, ROLEX, R [..]
€ 206.250
Sold

Rolex

ROLEX DAYTONA
ROLEX DAYTONA "PAUL NEWMAN" REF. 6239 N. 19585XX ANNO 1969 [..]
€ 206.250
Sold

Rolex

ROLEX DAYTONA PAUL NEWMAN PANDA REF. 6262 N. 27335XX ANNO 1971
ROLEX DAYTONA PAUL NEWMAN PANDA REF. 6262 N. 27335XX ANNO 1971 [..]
€ 163.800
Sold

Rolex

ROLEX DAYTONA ORO GIALLO REF. 6263 N. 88452XX ANNO 1985
ROLEX DAYTONA ORO GIALLO REF. 6263 N. 88452XX ANNO 1985 c [..]
€ 201.600
Sold
Amount including auction fees

Rolex

ROLEX DAYTONA PAUL NEWMAN REF. 6239 N. 18742XX ANNO 1968
ROLEX DAYTONA PAUL NEWMAN REF. 6239 N. 18742XX ANNO 1968 [..]
€ 130.176
Sold

Rolex

ROLEX DAYTONA "PAUL NEWMAN" REF. 6239 N. 15995XX ANNO 1967
ROLEX DAYTONA "PAUL NEWMAN" REF. 6239 N. 15995XX ANNO 1967 [..]
€ 138.600
Sold
Amount including auction fees

Rolex

ROLEX DAYTONA REF. 16528 EMERALD AND DIAMOND DIAL N. S6395XX ANNO 1994
ROLEX DAYTONA REF. 16528 EMERALD AND DIAMOND DIAL N. S6395XX A [..]
€ 107.100
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PATEK PHILIPPE NAUTILUS REF. 3700/001 N. 13096XX ANNO 1981

PATEK PHILIPPE NAUTILUS REF. 3700/001 N. 13096XX ANNO 1981 [..]
€ 106.250
Sold

Rolex

ROLEX DAYTONA
ROLEX DAYTONA "PAUL NEWMAN" REF. 6240 N. 16585XX ANNO 1967 [..]
€ 100.800
Sold

Patek Philippe

PATEK PHILIPPE NAUTILUS ORO GIALLO QUADRANTE GILT REF. 3700
PATEK PHILIPPE NAUTILUS ORO GIALLO QUADRANTE GILT REF. 3700 [..]
€ 126.000
Sold
Amount including auction fees

OROLOGIO DA POLSO ROLEX COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA, REF. 6239, CASSA N. 2’011' [..]

OROLOGIO DA POLSO ROLEX COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA, REF. 6239, CASSA N [..]
€ 98.750
Sold

OROLOGIO ROLEX “PADELLONE” IN ORO ROSA, REF.8171, ANNI ‘50

OROLOGIO ROLEX “PADELLONE” IN ORO ROSA, REF.8171, [..]
€ 97.500
Sold

OROLOGIO DA POLSO ROLEX COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA REF. 6240, SERIALE N. 1'659 [..]

OROLOGIO DA POLSO ROLEX COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA REF. 6240, SERIALE [..]
€ 90.000
Sold

ROLEX DAYTONA REF. 6263 N.61226XX ANNO 1979

ROLEX DAYTONA REF. 6263 N.61226XX ANNO 1979 cassa oyster [..]
€ 90.000
Sold

Rolex

ROLEX DAYTONA REF. 6263 “BIG RED” N. 60784XX ANNO 1979
ROLEX DAYTONA REF. 6263 “BIG RED” N. 60784XX ANNO [..]
€ 85.680
Sold

STORICO PANERAI RADIOMIR MILITARE REF. 6152 1

STORICO PANERAI RADIOMIR MILITARE REF. 6152 1 cassa in a [..]
€ 85.000
Sold

Patek Philippe

PATEK PHILIPPE NAUTILUS JUMBO REF. 3700/1 ACCIAIO E ORO ANNO 1979
PATEK PHILIPPE NAUTILUS JUMBO REF. 3700/1 ACCIAIO E ORO ANNO 1 [..]
€ 78.120
Sold

ROLEX DAYTONA REF. 6265 ORO GIALLO N. 59537XX ANNO 1978

ROLEX DAYTONA REF. 6265 ORO GIALLO N. 59537XX ANNO 1978 c [..]
€ 75.000
Sold

Patek Philippe

PATEK PHILIPPE NAUTILUS REF. 5712/1 N. 56581XX/49370XX
PATEK PHILIPPE NAUTILUS REF. 5712/1 N. 56581XX/49370XX ca [..]
€ 74.880
Sold

Breguet

BREGUET ET FILS OROLOGIO DA TASCA RIPETIZIONE MINUTI N. 1782
BREGUET ET FILS OROLOGIO DA TASCA RIPETIZIONE MINUTI N. 1782 [..]
€ 69.300
Sold

ROLEX DAYTONA

ROLEX DAYTONA "BIG RED" REF. 6265 N. 93240XX ANNO 1985 ca [..]
€ 67.500
Sold

CRONOGRAFO ROLEX DAYTONA “ BIG RED” REF. 6263 N 86007XX

CRONOGRAFO ROLEX DAYTONA “ BIG RED” REF. 6263 N 86 [..]
€ 65.000
Sold

Cartier

RARISSIMO CARTIER LONDON TANK AMERICAINE ANNO 1991
RARISSIMO CARTIER LONDON TANK AMERICAINE ANNO 1991 cassa [..]
€ 81.900
Sold
Amount including auction fees

CRONOGRAFO ROLEX DAYTONA IN ACCIAIO REF.6240 N.16594XX, ANNO 1967

CRONOGRAFO ROLEX DAYTONA IN ACCIAIO REF.6240 N.16594XX, ANNO 1 [..]
€ 60.000
Sold

AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK "JUMBO" REF. 15002-ST N. D864XX-166 ANN [..]

AUDEMARS PIGUET ROYAL OAK "JUMBO" REF. 15002-ST N. D864XX-166 [..]
€ 57.500
Sold
Department Auctions
Contacts
Cesare

Cesare Bianchi

Head of department Florence
+39 055 2340888
Andrea

Andrea de Miglio

Expert Rome
+39 06 3201799
Fabrizio

Fabrizio Zanini

Consultant Milan
+39 026 5560807
Laura

Laura Cuccaro

Assistant
Giulia

Giulia Borgogni

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Anita

Anita Capecchi

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