Christies Dubai Contemporary Jewels and Watches auction
Published January 13th, 2007
Christie’s is set to host an expanded Contemporary Jewels and Watches auction at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel.
This follows the success of Christie’s first auction in Dubai of International Modern & Contemporary Art in May 2006.
The watches sale is at 7.30pm January 31, 2007, and will be followed by a second auction of International Modern & Contemporary Art on February 1, 2007, once again featuring works by the leading Arab, Iranian, Indian and Western artists.
“Having established Hong Kong as a major jewellery auction centre in 1993 it is with great pleasure that we shall conduct our first auction of contemporary jewellery and watches in the Middle East,” said international head of jewellery and chairman of Christie’s Europe François Curiel.
“This auction brings to Dubai, for the first time, a dynamic and glamorous collection from many of the most important jewellery and watch manufacturers of the 20th and 21st centuries.”
The highlights include a magnificent marquise-cut diamond ring of 16.51 carats, D colour, potentially flawless, by Van Cleef & Arpels (estimate: $700,000-900,000), as well as a pair of spectacular diamond ‘Cage’ earrings by exclusive jeweller JAR (estimate: $500,000-700,000).
A 40 lot selection of watches and clocks is led by a Tourbillon chronograph wristwatch by Piaget (estimate: $240,000-280,000) and a unique Cartier ‘Wheel’ clock (estimate: $280,000-320,000).
Viewing is open to the public between 12pm and 10pm on January 29 and 30 and between 10am and 5pm on January 31, 2007.
