Sotheby's Presents "The Nevadian Collector"

March 30, 2022

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Sotheby’s presents The Nevadian Collector, a historically important private collection of vintage watches to be sold in Hong Kong this April. Encompassing 40 exceptional timepieces - the vast majority Patek Philippe - the highly curated sale charts the ‘Golden Years’ of horological development from the 1940s through the 1980s.

The collection is led by a pink gold reference 2499 retailed by the renowned Italian retailer Gobbi Milano (est. HK$24m – 48m/ US$3m – 6m), the only known pink gold second series featuring a retailer signature on the dial. The sale will be presented as a dedicated evening sale during the Hong Kong Spring Sales Series in late April, carrying a total estimate of HK$78m/ US$15m – the highest single owner watches sale ever offered by Sotheby’s in Asia.

A collecting career spanning over 30 years, the Nevadian collector’s unrivalled passion in vintage Patek Philippe has made him a legend within the watch community. At once encompassing over 400 pieces comprising almost every reference of the brand, he has historically favoured perpetual calendar chronographs, amassing 18 Patek Philippe reference 2499 and 15 reference 1518, at the peak of his collecting career. An active collector over the past three decades, he witnessed the growth of the market firsthand, with his distinguished collection featuring a number of record-breaking timepieces, such as the Patek Philippe reference 2499 retailed by Asprey (sold at Sotheby’s Geneva for 3.9M CHF in 2018) and the pink gold reference 2499 retailed by Tiffany & Co. (sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong for HK$23.5M in 2018) – the holding records for any 2499 and a pink 2499.

_{Patek Philippe Reference 1518}

_{A pink gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases and pink dial, Made in 1948}

_{Estimate: HK$8,000,000 – 16,000,000 / US$1,000,000 – 2,000,000}

_{Patek Philippe Reference 2526}

_{A yellow gold wristwatch with black enamel dial, Circa 1953}

_{Estimate: HK$800,000 – 1,600,000 / US$100,000 – 200,000}

_{Patek Philippe Reference 2499}

_{A possibly unique and important pink gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch, Retailed by Gobbi Milano, Made in 1957}

_{Estimate: HK$24,000,000 – 48,000,000 / US$3,000,000 – 6,000,000}

_{Patek Philippe Reference 655/1}

_{An important and possibly unique yellow gold two train trip minute repeating openface straight line perpetual calendar watch with moon phases, Retailed by Tiffany & Co., Circa 1957, Formerly part of the Esmond Bradley Martin Collection}

_{Estimate: HK$2,000,000 – 2,800,000 / US$250,000 – 350,000}

_{Patek Philippe Reference 2499, Second Series, The Only Known Luminous Example with Original Certificate}

_{A yellow gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, luminous baton indexes and hands and Certificate of Origin, Circa 1958}

_{Estimate: HK$6,400,000 – 12,500,000 / US$820,000 – 1,600,000}

_{Patek Philippe Reference 1463}

_{A stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with Breguet numerals, Made in 1962}

_{Estimate: HK$2,400,000 – 4,000,000 / US$300,000 – 500,000}

_{Patek Philippe Reference 1463}

_{An extremely well preserved yellow gold chronograph wristwatch with certificate of origin, Retailed by Guillermin & Mollet, Paris, Made in 1962}

_{Estimate: HK$2,000,000 – 2,800,000 / US$250,000 – 350,000}

_{Patek Philippe Reference 3448}

_{A very well preserved white gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with day, date and moon phases, Circa 1970}

_{Estimate: HK$2,400,000 – 4,000,000 / US$300,000 – 500,000}

_{Patek Philippe Reference 2499, Fourth Series}

_{A very well preserved yellow gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, original certificate and presentation box, Circa 1984}

_{Estimate: HK$3,200,000 – 4,800,000 / US$410,000 – 620,000}

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