As the year winds down, the watch industry is closing its event calendar week by week, with the latest installment taking place in Geneva this past weekend. The jam-packed time saw auctions presented by Christie’s, Antiquorum, and Phillips, as well as the launch of Re-Luxury, a luxury re-sale focused conference and event which featured WatchBox, Ebay, and Richard Mille, among numerous other participants.

One clear highlight of the weekend was the fifteenth edition of Phillip?s famed Geneva Watch Auction in association with Bacs & Russo. Held from November 5-6, the auction offered a number of the finest collectible vintage and contemporary timepieces, with the carefully curated selection offered insight into various avenues of horological history from the vantage point of different brands, periods, styles, complications, countries, and price points. 
Today, we are recapping the coveted event with six horological highlights from the impressive and diverse lot. In addition to the references below, the lot was inclusive of over 40 exceptional timepieces, with models from Omega, Vacheron Constantin, Audemars Piguet, Blancpain, and many others. 

George Daniels Spring Case Tourbillon

Positioned as one of the key highlights for the auction, the George Daniels Spring Case Tourbillon did not disappoint in its showing this past weekend. This particular Spring Case Tourbillon was originally made by George Daniels for his own personal use in 1992, with e...