Philippe Dufour Simplicity 20th Anniversary Model sold for CHF 1.3 Million
Following the success of the ‘White Glove’ watch auction held by Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo in Geneva last season, the highly-anticipated Geneva Watch Auction: XII and Retrospective: 2000 – 2020 achieved a combined total of CHF 38,749,668 ($43,058,631 / €36,273,564). A true highlight of Retrospective, and the first of its kind to come to the market, was the Philippe Dufour Simplicity 20th anniversary model, part of the first ever Limited Edition by the master, number 00 in a series of 20 timepieces. This exceptional watch sold after a fierce five-minute bidding war between several phone bidders for CHF 1,361,000, more than tripling its pre-sale high estimate and setting a new world record for a Simplicity model and a Philippe Dufour timepiece.