
It was the month that we went back to space with the sale of a space flight worn Rolex GMT-Master wristwatch formerly owned by NASA astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell. Keeping with the pilot theme, in this case racing car drivers, an IWC Schaffhausen Pilot’s watch worn by Sir Lewis Hamilton on the winner’s podium at this year’s Formula One™, Qatar Airways British Grand Prix™ has sold at a charity auction for CHF 220,000. What else was going on in the opulent world of watch auctioneering?
Tune in as our resident auction expert Richard Fox gets us up to speed with the watch auction highlights for October 2024.
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