Important Watches Featuring Stories in Time: A Collection of Exceptional Watches

Curated by an international team of passionate specialists, the New York sale will offer watches of the utmost rarity and desirability, including icons from vintage and independent brands alike.

Selected with extraordinary care and of the highest quality, watches offered in the Important Watches New York auction will aim at pleasing the most astute and exigent collectors.

This season, we are delighted to offer Stories in Time: A Collection of Exceptional Watches. The collection represents the culmination of 30 years of passion and dedication to acquiring the rarest of horology timepieces. This extraordinary collection features 160 contemporary timepieces from 47 brands and independent watchmakers, including notable names such as Greubel Forsey, Ferdinand Berthoud, Gerald Genta, Voutilainen and De Bethune. Notwithstanding their diversity, the watches in this collection are united in one aspect — they represent the very pinnacle of watchmaking. The collection will be offered by Christie’s across all four major watch auction locations — Hong Kong, Dubai, Geneva and New York — in eight live and online sales throughout the spring and autumn of 2025.

Highlights from the sale will be on view in the following locations:
- Miami: 21–22 April (by appointment only) at the Moore, 4040 NE 2nd Ave, Miami
- Los Angeles: 1 May at Christie’s Los Angeles, 336 North Camden Drive, Beverly Hills
- Geneva: 9–11 May at Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues, Quai des Bergues 33, Geneva