The auction “Important Watches: Featuring the ‘Kronos: Titans of Time,’ ‘The Eternity,’ and ‘The Chronicle’ Collections,” held by Christie’s in Hong Kong on May 28, 2026, featured an exclusive selection of 286 timepieces from the finest watch brands, chosen for their condition, rarity, and quality. Total sales, including fees: $35 632 764 USD, representing 93% of the lots offered.
BEST RESULTS
Lot 2424: Patek Philippe – A magnificent, highly complex platinum wristwatch with a double dial, featuring twelve complications, including a “cathedral” minute repeater, a tourbillon, a perpetual calendar with a retrograde date, the age of the Moon and its angular movement, sidereal time, and a star chart. Sold for $1 807 326 USD
Lot 2354: F.P. Journe – F.P. Journe – an extremely rare, earliest known and impressive platinum dual time wristwatch with resonance-controlled twin independent gear-train movement and power reserve. Sold for $ 1 539 494 USD
Lot 2343: Greubel Forsey, Philippe Dufour, and Michel Boulanger – A limited-edition, semi-skeletonized 18-karat white gold tourbillon wristwatch of exceptional rarity and significance. Sold for $1 523 289 USD
BEST PERFORMANCES
Lot 2333: Daniel Roth Vers 0 – Daniel Roth Vers 0 – An automatic platinum wristwatch, delicately semi-skeletoned, featuring a perpetual calendar and a leap year indicator. A 1523% difference between the low estimate and the final hammer price ($372 720 USD)
Lot 2309: Patek Philippe Vers 0 – A presentation box for a set of four watches. A 1,170% difference between the low estimate and the final hammer price ($8 103 USD)
Lot 2263: Cartier, vers 2022 – A unique and sumptuous “mystery” clock crafted from 18-karat gold, onyx, white agate, and set with diamonds, featuring a citrine crystal dial. The difference between the low estimate and the final hammer price was 979% ($275 488 USD).
BREAKDOWN BY BRAND
PATEK PHILIPPE
Ranking first in the auction’s top prices, PATEK PHILIPPE achieved the auction’s highest total sales figure of $15 878 302 USD
F.P. JOURNE
Ranking second in the auction’s top-price list, F.P. JOURNE achieved a total of $4 383 507 USD.
AUDEMARS PIGUET
With a watch that sold for $388 925 USD, AUDEMARS PIGUET was the third-best-performing brand at this auction, with total sales of $3 300 999 USD.
These three brands accounted for total sales of $23 562 807 USD, representing 66% of the auction’s total sales.
AVERAGE PRICE PER LOT
Given the total number of lots 286 in all, including 20 unsold lots—the average price per lot was $133 958 USD.
CONCLUSION
This sale demonstrated once again the vitality of the auction market; notably, the top three brands were: PATEK PHILIPPE, F.P. JOURNE, and AUDEMARS PIGUET
