One of the innovations of the auction house, trying to keep up to date, is the online trading system Private Sales. Christie's Watch Shop is a private sales process through which the team of watch specialists work one-on-one with a client to either source or sell timepieces in the strictest confidence.
Christie's intends to close its London salesroom and scale back its operation in Amsterdam. Last year, the number of new buyers from Asia rose by 35 percent, the data from website Arnet showed.
Currently, there is a growing demand for Private Sales, which are very popular with many watch collectors. Specialists of Christie's help them with the Internet search.
Thanks to online trading, the clients of the auction house are given the opportunity to purchase rare specimens of watches. Such exclusive representatives of the watchmaking kingdom include the model Patek Philippe, equipped with a minute repeater, perpetual calendar, and tourbillon.
The price of the watch is $625 thousand, the year of release is 2000. A very high cost is justified by a large number of important functions that are in demand among collectors.
On the online auction, Rolex Datejust are being sold for a lower price $73 thousand. The model is decorated with a lot of precious stones. The design of the watch includes 18-carat gold, and the dial is decorated with diamonds and rubies.
Another leader in online trading at Christie's is Breguet Hora Mundi, showing automatic world time. The watch also provides an indicator of day and night and moon phases. The price of the model is $60 thousand.
The attention of the watch collectors is also attracted by the model Girard Perregaux, equipped with a floating tourbillon and released in a small number of 32 copies in 2006. The brand is dedicated to the Golden Gate Yacht Club, the holder of the America's Cup. The cost of the watch totals $60 thousand.
The Patek Philippe Spider Lugs chronograph could become a true pearl of any watch collection. It is recognized as one of the rarest models. The watch case is made of 18-carat pink gold, and the dial is silver-plated. The price is estimated at $60 thousand.
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