I for one, won't be buying any more watches from Christies. I'm not a big customer, just one Heuer a few years ago from their Hong Kong office. What a ridiculous charade. I've found the "watch" crowd getting more and more dishonest as time goes on- I suppose a reflection of some of the prices, and that breeds dishonesty. But from a major auction house who should be cleaner then clean-- to me it's alarm bells going off with the whole scene.