An afternoon at the auction.

[Adrian W]

Thanks Dom, I still lust over one of those

[Ikemi]

Dominic H said:

Lot 259a 6239 Rolex Daytona- Hammered at £37k. But looks to have not sold.

Not a bad price! I thought these went for between £45-55K?

[Dominic H]

Ikemi said:

Dominic H said:

Lot 259a 6239 Rolex Daytona- Hammered at £37k. But looks to have not sold.

Not a bad price! I thought these went for between £45-55K?

It's not marked as sold, so I assume it didn't make reserve. Which would probably make your estimate about right...

[Ikemi]

Dominic H said:

Ikemi said:

Dominic H said:

Lot 259a 6239 Rolex Daytona- Hammered at £37k. But looks to have not sold.

Not a bad price! I thought these went for between £45-55K?

It's not marked as sold, so I assume it didn't make reserve. Which would probably make your estimate about right...

That would make sense ... My brain has melted; overworked!

[GALLARDOGUY]

Dominic H said:

I was sat next to a couple of the big bidders, and had an itchy nose. I didn't dare move for fear of out bidding the buggers!

Did you buy anything at all?

[Dominic H]

GALLARDOGUY said:

Dominic H said:

I was sat next to a couple of the big bidders, and had an itchy nose. I didn't dare move for fear of out bidding the buggers!

Did you buy anything at all?

Out bid on a few things. To be honest, I hadn't been in the saleroom in a couple of years and I just wanted to get a feel for it. It was a spur of the moment decision to attend, so I hadn't had a chance to view the items properly. Also, to see in person the prices that pieces I don't normally work with achieve. Next time I'll do it properly, view the goods, decide on the price and get going.
Sotheby's have a fine watch sale in Bond St next month, so hopefully i'll find something interesting.....

[Murcielago_Boy]

Dominic - how much did the Patek MR split chrono go for?

[Mastiff]

Dominic H said:

Lot 261. A stunning Breguet Tourbillon in platinum. Sold at £36,000 inc.

Oh my.

[Dominic H]

Murcielago_Boy said:

Dominic - how much did the Patek MR split chrono go for?

Now corrected to read £78,000...... Nice.

[AndrewD]

Dominic H said:

Lot 261. A stunning Breguet Tourbillon in platinum. Sold at £36,000 inc.

Now that I really like

[Don1]

Mastiff said:

Dominic H said:

Lot 261. A stunning Breguet Tourbillon in platinum. Sold at £36,000 inc.

Oh my.

Oh yeah..... :bliss: But I'd swap it in a heartbeat for a U103!

(Dom, I still owe you trips out in cars....)

[DKL]

BigAlinEmbra said:

DomH said:

Lot 184. A Rolex 5513 Military issue Submariner. Watch has seen action by father and son in the British Army. Sold at £39,600.

I just thought it was quite sad that something with that much family history is being sold on, no matter what an earner it is!

My thoughts exactly. Can you imagine how gutted you'd be to let it out of the family. I suppose it is only a watch if you need more baisc things, like a house, but such a shame all the same.

Edited by DKL on Friday 10th June 20:21

[MarvinManUK]

Brilliant post and a really good insight into some very interesting timepieces.

The Military Rolex is sublime.

[Figas]

There was a Comex Sub that was Lot 220 I think, any idea what that went for?

Figas

[Dominic H]

Figas said:

There was a Comex Sub that was Lot 220 I think, any idea what that went for?

Figas

Hi Figas, IIRC the Comex 16800 was not at auction. It must have been withdrawn.

D

[Figas]

Cheers Dominic. Good job I didn't head to London for that one :-)

[rog007]

Recession...what recession!

[al1991]

rog007 said:

Recession...what recession!

Well a fair few went unsold

[rog007]

Thank goodness for that then; I was beginning to think this recession was not for real and was just part of a larger conspiracy theory...

[Murcielago_Boy]

Dominic H said:

Now corrected to read £78,000...... Nice.

Thanks mate.
Not as much as I expected - a new Patek 5170 chrono (non minute repeating) is £52,000 with none of the provenance of that one...

Some lovely stuff!