You might not have known it, but this past weekend was one of the biggest weekends for the watch industry this year ? at least in Geneva. Kicking off with the annual Grand Prix d’Horlogerie Genève (GPHG, aka the ?Oscars? of the watch world) which awarded 18 prizes to some of the best watches of the year, the weekend quickly transitioned into a weekend of auctions and incredible sales, with events presented by Phillips, Christie?s, and Antiquorum.

Auctioneer Aurel Bacs commanding the room for the sale of the Philippe Dufour Duality during Phillip’s Geneva Watch Auction: XIV, the fifth highest selling timepiece of the weekend.

Possibly the most significant of these was Only Watch 2021, presented by Christie?s, one of the most famous and attention-grabbing watch auctions of the year due to the fact that the watches up for bid are all unique pieces created especially for it. The event continues to serve as a key launchpad for some of the most experimental work in the watch industry, as well benefiting muscular dystrophy research projects, with 99% of the proceeds devoted to that cause.
Flags symbolizing the GPHG, Switzerland, and the city of Geneva flew across the Pont du Mont-Blanc.

While the takeaways from the weekend’s sales are wide and varied, most immediately interesting are the top results. As such, we have assembled the five most expensive watches sold over the past weekend across the various auction houses and events ? which represent a d...