Quartz wristwatch goes for staggering $420K at auction
F.P. Journe and Phillips auction house raised an astounding 量 of money thanks to one of the high-end watch 製造業者's 製品s. The company partnered with the auction house in a charity event that was held at the F.P. Journe Miami Boutique on March 2. The companies auctioned off a one-of-a-肉親,親類d ?l?gante 48mm Titalyt wristwatch for $420,000 after 10 minutes of bidding.
It is the second-most expensive quartz watch sale in history, and all of the proceeds are going to the Breast 癌 研究 創立/基礎 (BCRF). 'The Phillips team is immensely 栄誉(を受ける)d to have 共同製作するd with F.P. Journe in 申し込む/申し出ing this one-of-a-肉親,親類d timepiece for such a noble 原因(となる),' said auctioneer Isabella Proia.?
'Standing 証言,証人/目撃する to the vibrant energy in the room as collectors and philanthropists 部隊d for this 使節団 was truly 奮起させるing.'?F.P. Journe has created extravagant watches ever since it was 設立するd by Fran?ois-Paul Journe in 1999.
The company only produces 700 to 900 watches every year. Their ?l?gante 48mm Titalyt at the Miami auction features a pink rubber ひもで縛る and a '1' in pink instead of 黒人/ボイコット, a nod to the breast 癌 charity its sale was associated with.
によれば GQ, the usual ?l?gante 48mm Titalyt is a 'dark-colored, hardness-高めるing' watch that is 'special for its dial.' Individuals can 購入(する) the ?l?gante 48mm Titalyt online with other companies, 含むing Chrono24 .
However, anyone who is hoping to buy a 48mm should be 用意が出来ている to spend more than $60,000. The ?l?gante Titalyt also comes in 44mm, which is a lot いっそう少なく expensive than the 48mm. F.P. Journe's watches are worn throughout the entertainment 産業.
John Mayer was spotted wearing a titanium ?l?gante Titalyt watch more than once while he was on 小旅行する in 2023. Red Hot Chili Peppers co-創立者 Flea also 激しく揺するd a F.P. Journe Octa Lune wristwatch while he was on the web series Hot Ones last 落ちる.?
The F.P. Journe Octa Lune watches are mo re expensive than the ?l?gante 48mm Titalyt on Chrono24 and two of them are 価値(がある) more than $100,000.
Besides auction houses, the スイスの-French 製造業者 has 解放(する)d special 版 watches fr om celebrity 共同s. Francis Ford Coppola called Journe's watches '作品 of art' and that they're 'masterpieces of design and 工学.'?Coppola's 共同 with the company resulted in the F.P. Journe x Francis Ford Coppola FFC Blue , which sold at an auction for $4.9 million in 2021.?Read the 十分な story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13165165/quartz-watch-auction-second-expensive-sale-history.html?ito=msngallery
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