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Magazine - Richard Fox

About the Author:

Richard is a freelance writer specialising in auction reporting and has a passion for watches and horology. Since 2018 he has written about auction sales of watches, clocks, and fine collector items. His articles have been published in Antiques Trade Gazette, Horological Journal (British Horological Institute publication), TimePiece (British Watch & Clock Makers' Guild publication), and online watch website MrWatchMaster.com.

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

Industry News

June 11, 2024

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

Last week, in Part One of our Spring auction highlights, we covered the sale of a variety of interesting Patek Philippe World Time wristwatches, as well as world record-breaking Rexhep Rexhepi sales. Prototype tourbillons, a Co-Axial escapement...

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...

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...

April auction update – first self-winding Patek Philippe wristwatch, a unique Cartier, 60s & 70s design, and a £1.2 million pocket watch.

Industry News

May 6, 2024

April auction update – first self-winding Patek Philippe wristwatch, a unique Cartier, 60s & 70s design, and a £1.2 million pocket watch.

One month out before the headline May Geneva auctions, April still saw some unique and highly collectable watches come up for auction, including a pocket watch from the tragic sinking of R.M.S. Titanic in 1912...

March Auction Update – perpetual calendars, golden Omega watches, a 60s motorsport Heuer Carrera and more….

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March 31, 2024

March Auction Update – perpetual calendars, golden Omega watches, a 60s motorsport Heuer Carrera and more….

March has been busy with a combination of online and live sales across the major international auction houses and UK based auction houses. This update report covers some interesting watches including rare perpetual calendar wristwatches,...

Gardiner Houlgate, The Watch Auction, 20 & 21 February 2024

Industry News

March 1, 2024

Gardiner Houlgate, The Watch Auction, 20 & 21 February 2024

Rare Rolex GMT-Master II, Sea King Helicopter watch sold at Gardiner Houlgate auction Gardiner Houlgate, based in Corsham, Wiltshire, hold specialist watch auction sales three times a year. Their latest watch auction was held over...

Bonhams Watches and Wristwatches Knightsbridge sale

Industry News

February 28, 2024

Bonhams Watches and Wristwatches Knightsbridge sale

Rolex Submariner with Explorer dial takes top spot at Bonhams Knightsbridge sale Bonhams held their Watches and Wristwatches sale at their Knightsbridge auction rooms on 21 February featuring 144 lots from antique pocket watches through...