The timepieces which will be auctioned by the world famous auction house Christie’s for the Onlywatch auction, were presented in Istanbul for the first time with the contributions of Akbank Private Banking. We had a pleasant chat with Remy Julia about this upcoming auction and Christie’s.
Will be auctioned to provide funding for research conducted on Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy, a muscle disease, a total of 50 timepieces will be offered for sale this year. All the watches in the auction are unique timepieces exclusively produced for this special occasion. The auction takes place in every two years since 2005 and the total funding reach nearly 25 million EUR per auction.
Istanbul is one of the locations which hosted a special event for the presentation of the timepieces to be sold in the auction. After the event which welcomed many exclusive personalities, we had a pleasant chat with the Christie’s specialist and our dear friend Remy Julia at Horobox TV.
In the meantime, we asked the guests at the event for their favorite timepiece at the auction and their estimation for the final selling price. We’ll see who had the closest guess on 11th November 2017.
Kadir KAYA - Watch Collector - VOUTILAINEN - 115.000 CHF
Aydın UÇAR - Watch Collector - Ulysee Nardin - 18.000 CHF
Burak BAYRAM - HOROBOX - Tudor - 50.000 CHF
Beran TOKSÖZ - QP MAGAZINE - Piaget - 80.000 USD
Selim CANBAZOGLU - Watch Collector - Patek Philippe - 9.000.000 CHF
Erkan ERPOLAT - @watchistanbulgram - Montblanc - 65.000 CHF
Bora GURDAL - Watch Collector - Lois Moinet - 47.000 CHF
Mert UTANCAK - Watch Collector - Konstantin Chaykin - 50.000 CHF
Witch Watch - Horobox - Hermes - 2.000 CHF
Ozcan CAKMAKCIOGLU - Dentist - Harry Winston - 62.000 CHF
Cenk ÖNCÜ - Horobox - H.Moser Cie - 40.000 CHF
Ali Esad GOKSEL - Watch Collector - F.P.Journe - 220.000 CHF
Sebnem BALKAN - Luxury Consultant - Chanel - 55.000 Euro
Eda KEHALE - Christie’s - Blancpain - 80.000 CHF
Sabri KILIÇOĞLU - Watch Collector - Audemars Piguet - 85.000 Euro
Serdar OAL - HOROBOX - Bovet - 160.000 CHF
We also would like to know your favorite models and your assumptions about their final selling prices. We have a special gift for our reader with the nearest prediction about the selling price. If you are interested, feel free to add you comments below.