(2 Apr 2025)
SWITZERLAND UFO WATCHES AUCTION
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Geneva, Switzerland – 1 April 2025
1. Track shot of the entrance to the Sotheby’s UFO auction where a white tunnel with plastic flaps opens and takes you into a smoke filled tent with galactic themed exhibit cabinets, fitted with pipes coming out of the tops of them
2. Track tilt of cabinets with pipes coming of the tops of them, and auction watches inside
3. Pan from cabinet with watches inside to tent with auction visitors underneath and other display cabinets with watches
4. Mid of display cabinet with watches on auction
5. Wide tilt down of display cabinet
6. Mid of two watches in display cabinet. To the right, a distopian looking Horological Machine No. 3 MegaWind watch, which is a limited edition black PVD coated titanium and white gold inverted movement wristwatch with three-dimensional time display; To the left, a unique titanium wristwatch with orbital convex system and with four eccentric biaxial satellites inclined dial
7. Close of the Horological Machine No. 3 MegaWind watch, estimated to go under the hammer in the region of 30,000 – 50,000 CHF
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Maxime Couturier, Co-Founder and Creative Director at Heist Out:
"I want people to lose a bit of their reference and the way they usually see things. This way, they just appreciate the watches differently. And that’s really like you have kind of, like, being in that environment. So you try to go a little bit towards here and there, and you’re actually paying attention to what you’re looking at."
9. Wide pan of display cabinet with watches on display
10. Various of a yellow Omega gold secret bracelet watch designed by Gilbert Albert, circa 1963
11. Wide pan of the auction curator’s Senior Watch Specialist at Sotheby’s Manon Hagie walking towards a cabinet and admiring the watches on show
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Manon Hagie, Senior Watch Specialist at Sotheby’s:
"We’re building on the success of Rough Diamonds, which was at the same time last year. We only had 24 lots. So this time we’re taking it to a higher level. We have 51 lots in the sale. And the thematic (theme) is U.F.O.."
13. Pan left showing display cabinet with watches on show
14. Various of the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept ‘CW1’, a limited edition alacrite and titanium tourbillon wristwatch with power reserve indicator, dynamograph and function selector
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Manon Hagie, Senior Watch Specialist at Sotheby’s:
"The AP (Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Concept ‘CW1’) ,concept is estimated at 100,000 to 200,000 CHF. It’s a highlight because it looks like a spaceship, basically. And it uses materials that are really unusual for watchmaking, such as alacrite for the case, Kevlar for the brand, and titanium for the bezel."
16. Various of the Rolex ‘Starship Gold’, a yellow gold oval bracelet watch shaped like a UFO, estimated to go for auction between 8-12,000CHF and circa 1980
17. Pan left from ‘Starship Gold’ to Toledano and Chan, which is a blasted stainless steel asymmetrical wristwatch made as a unique item for Sotheby’s in 2025
18. Various of a Piaget yellow gold, nephrite and lapis lazuli-set bracelet watch, circa 1975
19. Pan left of display cabinet
20. Various of the Audemars Piguet pink gold semi-skeletonised wristwatch with a satellite hour display, made in 1994 estimated to go for sale between 20,000 – 40,000 CHF
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