Watches of Knightsbridge auctions

[marcelg]

Anyone heard of them or bought from them before?
Next auction is 21st September with 500 odd lots - some seem quite interesting.

http://www.watchesofknightsbridge.com/buying.html

Edited by marcelg on Thursday 12th September 13:20

[Arun_D]

Picked up one of their auction catalogues from their stand at SalonQP last year. Very interesting browsing through the lots. Quite sure I saw they had a tent at Goodwood FoS trade area as well this year, so from those two appearances I would assume they're reputable.

I'm sure someone will come along soon who's actually used them!

[marcelg]

I also saw them at Goodwood FoS and where I picked up their card

[GALLARDOGUY]

Can't view catalogue on an i device...

Ridiculous

[andy_s]

Nice Lemania SAAF and a few Zeniths up for grabs...

[CardShark]

Read an article about them in a watch magazine some months back, they're new to the game but are already building a very good reputation for themselves apparently. Run by two or three brothers from the same family, IIRC.

Edited by CardShark on Thursday 12th September 16:38

[marcelg]

GALLARDOGUY said:

Can't view catalogue on an i device...

Ridiculous

Yeah - I tried last night on the iPad and couldn't do it

[marcelg]

andy_s said:

Nice Lemania SAAF and a few Zeniths up for grabs...

Also a Rolex GMT Master Pepsi, a few nice Breitlings, 2 x Panerai some JLC (including one that looks the same as Yeti's), loads of Omega.

They do seem to come without Box and Papers in the main though

[marcelg]

CardShark said:

Read an article about them in a watch magazine some months back, they're new to the game but are already building a very good reputation for themselves apparently. Run by two or three brothers from the same family, IIRC.

Edited by CardShark on Thursday 12th September 16:38

There was an article on TZ about a year ago:
http://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.php?240740-Watch...

Doesn't look like anyone there bought, but were saying that many went at a reasonable price (including the 21.6% premium) aside from many Omegas that were pretty high on price

[BIRMA]

I picked up a catalogue at the FOS and was going to go bid on a very nice Parmigiani but with an expected £6000 figure (if I remember correctly) plus the additional fees made it quite expensive so I didn't bother going. I had no reservations about them at all as they gave me the details of someone who could service my Bulova Accutron Spaceview as the chap in Croydon seems to have stopped trading. Just remember to check the additional costs after auction that they charge

[Snubs]

I'm going to go to the viewing on the 20th to get a general feel for the condition of the watches (I realise there's a guide in the back of the catalogue). I don't think I can make the auction on the 21st unless something really catches the eye. I'm a bit disappointed I've only just heard of this, as looking at the catalogue for the last auction there were some cracking vintage IWCs in there. Still, the auctions seem regular enough that I'm sure my bank account will take a knock at some point.

[marcelg]

You can also see the prices that the watches from previous auctions sold at.
Many didn't sell, but a lot that sold went at the lower end of the estimate (adding in the various fees).
I will probably go along on the Friday to take a look at the watches in person

[jshell]

marcelg said:

Anyone heard of them or bought from them before?
Next auction is 21st September with 500 odd lots - some seem quite interesting.

http://www.watchesofknightsbridge.com/buying.html

Lot 402, Mother of Gawd that's awful! Gulzar, your watch is here...