Unofficial sources are reporting that this Autavia (Lot 144 in today's Watches of Knightsbridge sale) hammered at £36,000 ($47,782). Add the 21 percent buyer's premium, and we end up at $57,800.

Some observers had expected higher prices. I have to wonder how this one would have done had it not been (a) the middle of the Summer, (b) Watches of Knightsbridge, rather than a house like Christie's, and (c) a few days after the Brexit vote.

Jeff

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: It looks like the next big thing will be this early Autavia,
: Reference 2446, with the first execution screw-back case, first
: execution dial, and second execution steel-edged hands. It's
: being sold by Watches of Knightsbridge on July 2, 2016, as Lot
: 144.

: Here's the cover of the catalog . . .

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: And here is the online catalog

: The watch is shown below.

: This should be fun to watch.

: Jeff

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