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The watch appears to be an authentic Huber with a LeCoultre movement. The case manufacturer is unknown other than it was a Swiss manufacturer.

... and props to Phillips!

... the total amount the buyer pays (ie, including the buyer's premium) or 'just' the 5.35m at which the lot was sold. Interesting to hear Aurel saying 'I'm selling at' X and then 'sold at' X and then seeing a 'sale price' which is X + 25% or so...

Buyers will almost certainly know to check what (if any) buyer's premium is payable on top of the hammer price. Therefore, the price inclusive of the buyer's premium is what the buyer is willing to pay (or can be taken as what the buyer is willing to pay) and can from that point of view be said to r

Christie's does not charge a buyer's premium for Only Watch. On hammer/sale/bid pricing, the FFC (at Christie's) hammered for more than the Sonnerie (at Phillips). On the price paid by the buyer (sometimes referred to as the 'realised price'), the Sonnerie is higher than the FFC as Phillips charged

... exceeding the Swiss Francs 3.9M hammer/sale/bid price achieved by the Dufour Grande et Petite Sonnerie about 24 hours earlier.

and it's pretty hard to go wrong with FP's pieces given the thought he puts into each one (not to exclude those which have quartz components, those which he makes but on which he does not put his name on the dial, and those on which he collaborates).

Thank you for sharing!

Yes, it was his preferred timepiece from what I've read.

for these photos! While I love the maxi dial, I wasn't interested when I first saw the press kit, but with these wrist shots, I'll have to try them once they arrive at the AD!