Antiquorum's sale of "Important Present day & Classic Timepieces" achieved a whole of $3.7 million on April 20 in New york. Featuring 259 timepieces, the sale sold 85% by lot and 108% by worth, the auction residence explained.

Primary the sale wascheap luxurious watchesminute-repeating perpetual calendar, in platinum which fetched $471,750. A further major lot was a Patek Philippe Ref. 2497 perpetual calendar, which sold for $231,750.

Four examples of Richard Mille timepieces also performed properly. Particularly of note was the Richard Mille RM 025 tourbillon chronograph in titanium and pink gold, which doubled its low estimate to attain $243,750.

Classic Rolex sports activities watches also proved perennially preferred with collectors, since the Rolex Ref. 1675 GMT Master Underline Dial in Metal, therolex watches for sale Submariner Pointed Crown Guard Meter 1st in Metal, and the Rolex Ref. 6202 Turn-O-Graph with Gilt Black Honeycomb all exceeded their auction estimates. Notably, the Rolex Ref. 80309 Lady Datejust Pearlmaster Diamond Sapphire and White Gold Oyster Perpetual (pictured above) achieved $57,500.

Previous but not the very least, a Corum "Buckingham" that belonged to Elvis Presley also beat its high estimate, promoting for $22,500. Theomega watches replica, circa 1960, showcased an unusually large, square, gold dial, and was gifted by the king of rock and roll to Richard Davis, a longtime member of Presley's personal entourage.

"Today's final results confirm that the The big apple market place proceeds to attain powerful price ranges for rare examples of present day too as vintage timepieces with particularly aggressive competition from world-wide-web bidders from across the globe," explained Evan Zimmermann, President & CEO of Antiquorum, in the statement. International bidding for the sale came from countries including the United Arab Emirates, Israel, China, Taiwan, and Singapore, in addition as Switzerland plus the United states of america.