Of the 20 most expensive watches ever sold at auction, only three were made in this decade. What's causing this new love for old watches? It might be China
It’s true what Oscar Wilde said: No man is rich enough to buy back his past. But if you can afford to buy back a little relic of it—or better yet someone else’s—you should. Because according to Alexandre Bigler, watch consultant at Christie’s, vintage watches are having a moment.
“When I first arrived in Asia in 2010, introducing vintage watches to the Southeast Asian market, people thought it was weird,” Bigler said, recalling comments on how they were too small and not as pretty as current models.
“But people are becoming more interested in how watches were being made back then, when they were produced one at a time rather than manufactured in series. While the value of many contemporary watches has sadly taken a hit, vintage watches have gone up.”