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I cannot imagine there was no pre-agreed,deal with a serious buyer before putting this up for sale.
Aug 17, 2021,09:10 AM
It was sold almost immediately and it seems to have gone for at or near the asking price. Not sure how I feel about this watch selling for so much money.
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Breaking News!
By: Speedie74 aka Mr. Torquise : August 17th, 2021-07:00
Philippe Dufour’s masterpiece, the Petite and Grand Sonnerie sets a world record at 5.505.000 GBP! Now this is the most expensive independent wristwatch in the world and also in the ten most expensive wristwatch worldwide! Well deserved, Maestro! Also con...
5.5 million pounds!!!
By: Lankysudanese : August 17th, 2021-07:47
Haute Horologie is a billionaires' game now.
Hi Adam
By: sham1 : August 17th, 2021-07:54
Correct me if I am wrong but this is the asking price but the watch has not actually been sold yet at that price.
Shows sold
By: Mikekraft : August 17th, 2021-08:32
According to the website it sold at that price.
I am out of date (as usual!) :-)
By: sham1 : August 17th, 2021-09:49
That is an amazing price but I think it would have fetched a higher price if sold at a Philips auction. If I had been the owner, I would have left it at Philips. There is no guarantee of course but in the current climate, the watch would have fetched an e...
Very possible so
By: sham1 : August 17th, 2021-10:18
but still in the current market, a watch like that should be auctioned as buyers are behaving irrationally and paying over the top for even insignificant pieces.
:))))
By: amanico : August 17th, 2021-10:33
I am not sure about that!
By: Speedie74 aka Mr. Torquise : August 17th, 2021-10:14
A Collected Man prefer to buy watches and not to sale them as consignee. I think maybe they underestimated the “market” price for the watch. If you see the recent prices of the Simplicities ( over 1 million CHF at certain auctions ) you can easily recogni...
I was wondering the same...
By: gadalex : August 17th, 2021-13:40
Normally though when ACM has pre-sold, they make an announcement after the sale and the watch is then listed on the website as sold. This happened in 2019 when they placed the Daniels Blue tourbillon with a client for £1million. This was a very speedy sal...
Damn!
By: TheMadDruid : August 17th, 2021-10:06
They didn’t get my letter in time.
Some watches are ART !
By: Bruno.M1 : August 17th, 2021-11:23
Not talking about big brands where a zillion watchmakers do make your Rolex, Patek, JLC, AP, Zenith.... But independents that make 1 watch entirely themselves... That is art to me I see no reason why a Picasso or Van Gogh or..... can be worth 1-5-25 and m...
wow - hail to the king
By: donizetti : August 17th, 2021-13:31
by my (two-orders-of-magnitude more affordable) people's sonnerie - What a great looking piece by Dufour. Has anyone heard any of the sonneries - I wonder what the sound is like. Best Andreas ...
Art
By: m2 : August 17th, 2021-14:52
I think it makes sense when you look at this in the context of art. Fine watchmaking is art, and I would personally rather own this than a painting!
Casemaker?
By: Watchcph : August 17th, 2021-15:45
Sorry to hijack the thread with a possible stupid question, but does anybody know who made the case? Did Dufour make it himself and what about the later Simplicities?
Not sure.
By: m2 : August 17th, 2021-21:34
The dials on the newer simplicity models are not made by him.
Yes. That is true.
By: Watchcph : August 18th, 2021-16:27
The dials for the Simplicity is made by Metalem. There should be some hallmarks by the casemaker. Perhaps just a question of digging a bit deeper.
Ah, OK
By: Watchcph : August 20th, 2021-19:40
Thank you for sharing. A fellow collector mentioned on IG that it might be the work of Mr. Oreade who also made cases for Minerva?
I am
By: alex : August 21st, 2021-12:54
Lucky guy
By: Blue and White : August 18th, 2021-19:18
Whoever acquired it, that is a beautiful piece and with the right dimensions
Wow, what a number...
By: Rosengoo1 : August 19th, 2021-13:11
...I wonder what the next "regular" Simplicity will go for when i comes up at auction. It seem like it's been quite a while since there has been one (not including the special edition version). Any guesses?
Now more wary of A Collected Man
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