Bonhams Watches’ first sale of the year takes place tomorrow, February 18, with 240 lots spanning much of the history of timekeepers, starting with a circa 1900 pocket watch made by Baume & Co and ending with a 2018 Bremont GMT (pictured above).
Today’s most prestigious watchmakers might affix a six figure price tag to a gold watch with a perpetual calendar chronograph with minute repeating grande sonnerie and moonphase.
Remarkably, the Baume & Co piece from 120 years ago has all these complications in a pocket watch that has a pre-sale estimate of just $20-25,000.

Other key lots, with estimates and descriptions from Bonhams, include:


The stainless-steel manual wind wristwatch features a unique hand engraved balance clock, white lacquer dial and dark grey Moritz Grossmann alligator leather strap.

An 18K gold automatic perpetual calendar bracelet watch with moon phase – an elegant yet complicated timepiece.


number of 724 of 2008, is identified by its centre chronograph hand featuring the Olympic rings to its base.
