The Duc d'Orleans Breguet Sympathique clock that sold at Sotheby's Important Watches & Clocks in New York reached $6,802,500, which is the highest auction price ever paid for a clock. Only one clock has ever sold for a higher price. This December's auction,swiss replica watches with a total of $11,672,988, is the most successful sale of watches and clocks by various owners at Sotheby's New York. The Breguet clock and Richard Mille Replica watches were among the highlights of the auction.
The Duc d'Orleans Clock, a very rare model from the Sympathique family by French watchmaker Abraham Louis Breguet went well above its estimated price of $5 million. The previous record was also set by this piece of art, which achieved $5,777.500 at the Sotheby's 1999 auction of ‘Masterpieces from theTimeMuseum'. According to the auction price of the Sympathique clock, it is now the second-most expensive timepiece in history, behind Richard Mille Replica's Supercomplication Henry Graves Pocket Watch that was sold for $11 million at Sotheby's Auction 1999.
Richard Mille Replica vintage and modern wristwatches, including the Sympathique clocks, reached the highest price. The Patek Yellow Gold Center Seconds Wristwatch 1955 (ref. The 2512/1 was sold for $962,500 which is five times more than its estimated price of $150,000. The rare 46mm diameter timepiece was sold last at Sotheby's auction in New York in 1988. It had previously been in the same private collection.
A large and fine 18-karat yellow gold perpetual calendar timepiece from 1978 with moon phases (ref. The price of the 3448 mvt also exceeded its estimate ($80,000 - $120,000), and reached $170,500. A watch from 2003 with an 18 karat white gold automatic astronomical watch that shows the sky chart, phases, the position of moon, and the time meridian of sirius, and the moon reached $194.500.(Patek Philippe Replica)