Dial & Crown: Collecting https://dialandcrown.com/ The latest collecting stories from Dial & Crown. en The Online Saleroom Grows Teeth: A $1 Million Voutilainen and a €448,000 Paul Newman https://dialandcrown.com/collecting/october-2026-auction-week-sothebys-phillips/ https://dialandcrown.com/collecting/october-2026-auction-week-sothebys-phillips/ Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Phillips New York sold all 88 lots in its biggest online sale, led by a steel Voutilainen at $1,016,000, while Sotheby’s Paris watched a fresh-to-market Paul Newman Daytona make €448,000. The autumn market did not wait for Geneva. The Shapes of Cartier: Inside the Greatest Vintage Cartier Collection Ever Sold https://dialandcrown.com/collecting/shapes-of-cartier-sothebys-2026/ https://dialandcrown.com/collecting/shapes-of-cartier-sothebys-2026/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 One collector, 25 years, more than 300 watches: Sotheby's yearlong dispersal of the finest vintage Cartier grouping ever assembled opened in Hong Kong with a white-glove sale. The $10.5 Billion Half: How 2026 Became the Year of the Seven-Figure Lot https://dialandcrown.com/collecting/watch-auction-market-first-half-2026/ https://dialandcrown.com/collecting/watch-auction-market-first-half-2026/ Tue, 29 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Seventy-three watches above $1 million, a $75.8 million New York sale, and a F.P. Journe at $13.9 million: the first half of 2026 redrew the auction record book. Geneva in November: What the XXIV Auction Preview Tells Us About the Market https://dialandcrown.com/collecting/phillips-geneva-watch-auction-xxiv-november-2026-preview/ https://dialandcrown.com/collecting/phillips-geneva-watch-auction-xxiv-november-2026-preview/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 A 1945 Patek Philippe split-seconds estimated to CHF 4 million and a 16-watch Rolex chronograph collection anchor Phillips' autumn sale. Christie's Geneva: A $2 Million Crash and a $42 Million Statement https://dialandcrown.com/collecting/christies-geneva-may-2026-crash-record/ https://dialandcrown.com/collecting/christies-geneva-may-2026-crash-record/ Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Christie's Rare Watches sale in May 2026 became the house's highest-grossing multi-owner watch auction, led by a record 1990 Cartier London Crash and a Journe tourbillon at more than double its high estimate. Geneva, May 2026: The Auction That Broke the Scale https://dialandcrown.com/collecting/phillips-geneva-xxiii-record-auction/ https://dialandcrown.com/collecting/phillips-geneva-xxiii-record-auction/ Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0700 Phillips' Geneva Watch Auction XXIII closed at CHF 74.8 million, the highest-grossing watch sale in history. What the numbers actually say about where collecting is heading.