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<h2>RECORD BREAKERS. Rare watches from the two manufacturers went over and above expectations</h2>
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18K-gold Heuer Carrera chronometer
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It was a busy weekend for timepiece collectors as Sotheby&#8217;s and <a title="8 Things to Know About Collecting Watches from Master Auctioneer Aurel Bacs" href="http://daman.co.id/8-things-to-know-about-collecting-watches-from-master-auctioneer-aurel-bacs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Phillips</a> held rare and vintage watch auctions on Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15, 2016 respectively.
The weekend also proved to be a highly expensive one, especially since each of the both auctions managed to break a record.
Sotheby&#8217;s started things off with its Important Watches auction. The highlight of the auction was an exceptionally rare musical automaton clock in the shape of a bird cage. In the end, though, <a href="http://daman.co.id/?s=TAG%20Heuer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TAG Heuer</a> stole the show when one of its vintage watches was sold for CHF 225.000 (more than US$ 230.000), which is 10 times its estimate. The watch is indeed deserving of the price, considering the history behind it.
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<a href="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tag-heuer-important-watches-sothebys-auction-back.jpg"><img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-37614" src="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tag-heuer-important-watches-sothebys-auction-back.jpg" alt="tag heuer important watches sotheby's auction-back" width="500" srcset="https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tag-heuer-important-watches-sothebys-auction-back.jpg 565w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tag-heuer-important-watches-sothebys-auction-back-300x278.jpg 300w, https://backend.daman.co.id/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tag-heuer-important-watches-sothebys-auction-back-315x292.jpg 315w" sizes="(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px" /></a> 
The case back of Heuer Carrera chronometer

The 18K-gold Heuer Carrera chronometer (the watch manufacturer didn&#8217;t change its name to TAG Heuer until 1985) with Calibre 12 Manufacture movement was a gift for Swedish Formula One driver Ronnie Peterson from Jack Heuer; the latter even engraved the case back with the words &#8220;Success Ronnie Peterson from Jack W. Heuer.&#8221; The watch is completed with a gold ingot to commemorate the award Peterson won at the 1972 German Grand Prix at Nürburgring race track.
Meanwhile, at the Start-Stop-Reset auction, held by relatively new auction house Phillips on the next day, the <a href="http://daman.co.id/?s=Rolex" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rolex</a> Antimagnetique Reference 4113 wristwatch went for CHF 2.4 million (almost US$ 2.5 million). The Start-Stop-Reset is an auction for watches with steel chronographs only; meaning, the case of the above-mentioned Rolex is steel, and not metal, which is considered more precious, so the fact that it was sold at such a high price should baffle most people.
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Rolex Antimagnetique Reference 4113
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Then again, research shows that the watch is one of only 12 pieces ever made; it is believed that Rolex used to present them to drivers or owners of racing teams it was sponsoring. The 44MM manually wound split-seconds chronograph comes with a silvered matte dial, rose-gold raised Arabic numerals and baton hour markers.

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