Industry News October 18, 2024 Welcome to WindUp Watch Fair NYC 2024 New York City, NY – The Windup Watch Fair is back in 2024, promising to be bigger and better than ever. For both seasoned collectors and those just beginning their horological journey, the fair has...
Industry News October 5, 2024 September Watch Auction Update - Out of this World Watches Followers of Chris Grainger-Herr, CEO of IWC Schaffhausen, Instagram account might have seen a video post of an IWC Pilot’s chronograph wristwatch floating in zero gravity inside a space capsule. Behind the floating watch is...
Industry News September 23, 2024 The Best Brands Exhibiting at World Time UK 2024 On Saturday 28th September, WatchGecko’s sibling brand Geckota will be exhibiting at the World Time UK Exhibition, held annually at the Sofitel Hotel at London Heathrow Terminal 5. This is arguably the UK's premier watch...
Industry News September 3, 2024 August Watch Auction Update - Steve McQueen's Heuer Monaco Last month I provided an update about the slow down in the secondary watch market. This month the headline is about a watch that could possibly sell for US $1 million or more, when it...
Industry News August 31, 2024 Top 10 New Releases for Geneva Watch Days 2024 This week we’ve seen some of the most exciting watch brands in the game make their pilgrimage once again to the horological hub that is Geneva, Switzerland. The Geneva edition of Watches and Wonders passed...
Industry News August 5, 2024 July Watch Auction Update The secondary watch market, plus an exceptionally rare Patek Philippe and Captain Bob Maloubier’s Fifty Fathoms.
Industry News July 13, 2024 Top 5 Microbrands at WindUp Watch Fair Chicago 2024 If you’ve been keeping up with WatchGecko Magazine, you’ll know that recently I’ve been a little fixated on microbrands. It all started with my Top 5 for National Watch Day which sent our comments into...
Industry News July 3, 2024 June auction update – Sylvester Stallone’s Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime is sold for $5,400,000 What to make of the current market? Quickly following on from May’s Geneva and Hong Kong spring auctions, covered by WatchGecko Magazine, the international watch auction world parked up in New York for the June...
Industry News June 11, 2024 Part Two – Spring watch auctions across Geneva, Hong Kong, and London. Last week, in Part One of our Spring auction highlights, we covered the sale of a variety of interesting Patek Philippe World Time wristwatches, as well as world record-breaking Rexhep Rexhepi sales. Prototype tourbillons, a Co-Axial escapement...
Industry News June 4, 2024 Part One – Spring watch auctions across Geneva, Hong Kong, and London. Spanning the globe from Geneva to Hong Kong the month of May is the important spring season for watch auctions. Offered up for sale are hundreds of watches amongst which are some of the rarest...
Industry News May 15, 2024 Only Watch 2024 highlights – £13.8M Patek Philippe wristwatch, stunning independent creations, and £24.9M raised for charity. With an opening bid of five million Swiss Francs, (approx. £4.4 million), Patek Philippe’s wristwatch contribution to the 10th running of Only Watch was always going to be the star attraction. The hammer eventually fell...