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Richard is a freelance writer specialising in auction reporting, with a particular passion for watches and horology. Since 2018, he has covered auction sales of watches, clocks, and fine collector items, with his work appearing in Antiques Trade Gazette, Horological Journal (British Horological Institute), TimePiece (British Watch & Clock Makers' Guild), and online at MrWatchMaster.com.

Only Watch 2024 highlights – £13.8M Patek Philippe wristwatch, stunning independent creations, and £24.9M raised for charity.

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...

©Photo courtesy of Sebastien Maflin for Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo

Industry News

June 3, 2025

May 2025 Watch Auction Update - Geneva highlights

Unbelievable as it might sound it was actually clocks that chimed in to take some of the top spots for the May 2025 Geneva watch auctions! Obviously some superb watches were sold as well but...

Industry News

March 12, 2025

Auction update – talking watches with Tom Heap at Sotheby’s London

Welcome to this year’s first auction report. Over the course of the year, I will bring you not only the latest watch auction highlights but also insights from auction specialists and industry commentary. So, to...

Audemars Piguet, Royal Oak, flying tourbillon automatic wristwatch designed for Tom Brady

Industry News

January 6, 2025

December 2024 Watch Auction Update – Christmas time in New York

The December New York watch auctions certainly produced some sparkling baubles for the Christmas tree for those with deep pockets and an appreciation for fine wristwatches. Examples of watches selling above one million US dollars...

©Photo courtesy of Biver and TimeForArt.

Industry News

December 10, 2024

TimeForArt, and charity watch auction highlights

Watch brands and charity collab auctions have produced some spectacular results this year. Only Watch conducted by Christie’s got things started on May 10 with their 10th edition of the charity watch auction. The sale...

Richard Mille, Reference. RM UP-01 Ferrari wristwatch.

Industry News

December 2, 2024

November 2024 Watch Auction Update – Geneva highlights

This month we take a whistlestop tour through some of the highlights from the Geneva watch auctions. In terms of high value watches Antiquorum got things racing with the sale of a Richard Mille, Reference....

© Photo by MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Industry News

November 6, 2024

October 2024 Watch Auction Update – Podium Winners & Moon Astronauts

Last month I covered the IWC Schaffhausen Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition ‘Polaris Dawn’ wristwatches worn by the crew of the recent Polaris Dawn Mission. This month we are back in space again heading for the...

IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition “Polaris Dawn” (Ref. IW389111) wristwatch

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 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 5, 2024

July Watch Auction Update

The secondary watch market, plus an exceptionally rare Patek Philippe and Captain Bob Maloubier’s Fifty Fathoms.

Auction Room Photo. Sothebys New York. Benoit Colson auctioneering Sylvester Stallones Grandmaster Chime.

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...

Part One – Spring watch auctions across Geneva, Hong Kong, and London.

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...