Wristwatches & Pocketwatches
Since its first stand-alone auction in 2015, Koller’s watch department has rapidly developed an international clientele, regularly realising top prices for rare models. The Watches auctions in June and December regularly record sell-through rates of 90 to 100%. In November 2016, Koller recorded the highest hammer price of the season for a very rare 1961 steel chronograph by Patek Philippe with a two-tone dial (CHF 456 000 with buyer’s premium). One year later, one of the first automatic wristwatches with a perpetual calendar by Patek Philippe sold for CHF 210 000 to a private German collector. In July 2020, a rare ‘chronomètre à résonance’ by independent watchmaker F.P. Journe realised CHF 230 000. Rolex, Patek Philippe, IWC, Vacheron Constantin, Breguet, Audemars Piguet, and Lange & Söhne are among the watchmakers represented in Koller’s Watches auctions, which regularly achieve top prices.
Uwe Vischer, Head of Department for Watches, is available to estimate single items or entire collections for our upcoming auctions.
Consignments are accepted until late March for our June auctions, and late September for our December sales.
Next Auctions
1 December 2026. Are you looking to sell wristwatches and pocket watches at our upcoming auction? Contact us for a free, non-binding appraisal.
If you wish to consign to one of our auctions, we will value your artworks free of charge. Please send us photos if possible, or call us. We will arrange an appointment to view your property at your home or in one of our offices in Zurich, Geneva, Florence, Munich or Düsseldorf. You will then receive our auction estimates so that you can make your decision.
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Valuation Events
Milan
29 January
Lugano
30 January / 15 September
Bern
24 February
Dusseldorf
20 February / 10 September
Berlin
11 February
Hamburg
12 February / 8 September
Lucerne
3 March / 22 September
Frankfurt
19 February
Munich
26 and 27 February / 11 September
Basel
10 March / 25 August
Neuchatel
30 March
Geneva
6 February
To make an appointment with our specialists, please contact the department or your local representative.
SELECTED RESULTS Watches
Vacheron & Constantin, very rare, large, and attractive chronograph, circa 1943.
CHF 77 500
Harry Winston and Vianney Halter, exceptional and limited-edition Opus 3, 2014.
CHF 287 500
Urban Jürgensen, highly attractive and rare Reference 2 with perpetual calendar, 1994.
CHF 162 500
Rolex, museum-quality and extremely rare KEW A Observatory Chronometer, 1950s.
CHF 287 500
Rolex, virtually like-new and extremely rare Daytona “Paul Newman” with original warranty and box, 1970.
CHF 2.38 Mio.
Cartier, extraordinary and attractive mystery cocktail watch, 1939.
CHF 81 250
Rolex, very rare and excellently preserved Paul Newman Daytona, 1969.
CHF 190 000
Audemars Piguet, rare and attractive perpetual calendar.
CHF 81 250
Patek Philippe, large and extremely rare coral/diamond lady's watch, 1976.
CHF 168 750
Patek Philippe, very rare and attractive gold Savonnette pocket watch with 5-minute repeater, perpetual calendar, moon phase and chronograph, 1880
CHF 143 750