A Few Highlights From Auctionata’s First U.S. Sale Taking Place Tonight replica watches

Tonight marks Auctionata’s first U.S. sale. Auctionata started in 2012 as a new online-focused approach to auctions. Auctionata is based in Berlin and hired Robert Velasquez to serve as Specialist and Head of Sale for watches in the U.S., based in New York, and to curate its first U.S. sale. The auction starts at 7 p.m. (ET) and you will be able to stream it live on the Auctionata site. Here are a few favorites from the 103 lot sale.

Audemars Piguet Jules Audemars Minute Repeater in Titanium

This 2004 AP minute repeater is the cover lot of the sale and is special in that it was custom made for an important client who requested a titanium case. I just love the black guilloché dial with Breguet numerals and overall look of this watch.

IWC Da Vinci Kurt Klaus Perpetual Calendar Limited Edition in Steel

Whenever I see a Kurt Klaus fake IWC, I get a smile on my face as Kurt is just one of those great and brilliant people in the world of watches. Auctionata is selling number 60 out of 3,000 of a limited edition perpetual calendar watch made in steel in his honor.

Peter Speake-Marin Piccadilly reference PIC.10011 in Steel

The watches from noted independent watchmaker Peter Speake-Marin are unique in that they just are instantly recognizable pieces with their own distinctive DNA. I particularly like his replica watches uk pieces with white enamel dials, and Auctionata has a nice one from 2010 in the sale. Inside is the calibre EROS movement made by Technotime from a Speake-Marin design. It should be noted this watch is very similar to the Serpent Calendar we featured in our “Three on Three: Comparing Independent Watches Under $15,000.”

Girard-Perregaux Chronograph in Steel

This steel GP chronograph is just a beautiful, no-nonsense piece of work. Although the case and kite-shaped hands suggest that it could be a 1940s piece, I believe it actually dates to the mid-to-late 1960s given the “SWISS MADE T” signature at 6 o’clock on the dial (“T” for the tritium being used) and the look of the dial overall. Interestingly, this may have been assembled by GP in the late 1960s from earlier parts, just with tritium instead of radium lume. Gallet undertook a similar effort of creating new chronographs in the 1960s from some remaining stock items with tritium lume on the dial and hands.

Bidder Beware: There are a few watches that I believe have been redialed in the sale, but the descriptions make no mention of this. As always, the onus is on the buyer to validate each watch before bidding in auctions, because everything is sold “as is.” You can see the full catalog of 103 lots here.