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Christie's Geneva Watch Sale Raises US$58.7 Million, With Every Lot Sold

Hoi-Ling MakPublished 4m ago3 min readBased on 1 source
Christie's Geneva Watch Sale Raises US$58.7 Million, With Every Lot Sold
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Christie's watch sale in Geneva brought in US$58.7 million, the highest total the auction house has posted for a watch sale, ArtNews reported.

The Rare Watches auction was held at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues, a hotel on the shore of Lake Geneva. It offered 218 lots, the numbered items put up for sale, and all 218 found a buyer. That is a 100% sell-through rate, meaning every item offered was sold. A year earlier, the November 2025 Rare Watches sale raised US$27 million on 179 lots, with 99% of them selling.

The top sellers were three pink gold watches from F.P. Journe, the Swiss maker. The Vagabondage I, II and III pieces together brought CHF 6.7 million (US$8.2 million), using the Swiss franc. Each one sold above its high estimate of CHF 800,000 (US$976,000), the price range the auction house publishes before a sale.

Vagabondage I sold for CHF 2 million (US$2.4 million). Vagabondage II went for CHF 2.2 million (US$2.6 million), and Vagabondage III for CHF 2.5 million (US$3.1 million).

The same city also hosted a jewellery sale. Christie's Magnificent Jewels auction raised US$49.7 million on 112 lots. Its star item was a 24-carat ring set with an emerald-cut pink diamond, made by the Italian jeweller Bulgari. A carat is the unit used to weigh gemstones, and 24 carats is a large stone. The ring sold for US$14.8 million, inside its estimate of US$12 million to US$18 million.

Last year's Magnificent Jewels sale did better overall. It raised US$75 million on 108 lots, including US$25.6 million for the Mellon Blue diamond. This year's jewellery total was therefore lower than the 2025 figure, even though the number of lots was higher.

Christie's, the London-based auction house, has been reporting strong figures this year. In July, it said its first-half 2026 sales across all categories came to US$4.5 billion. Its luxury sales for the same period, which include watches and jewellery, rose 15% to US$539 million.

For buyers, the Geneva results show that the watch auction drew demand across every lot, while the jewellery auction's total depended heavily on its top items. Both sales were held in the same week in the same city, and both put a clear price on pieces that were once made for a single owner.

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