Watches

The battle for ‘Best of Show’ is shaping up rather interestingly this year. Albert Spiess’s Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 Stradale is certainly a favourite, but it has already won the audience-voted Coppa d’Oro award. Could it be an impressive racing car such as the Ferrari 335 Sport owned by Andreas Mohringer? Or is the jury more likely to opt for a classic pre-War beauty such as the Pinin Farina-bodied Lancia Astura Series III? We’ll know more on Sunday evening. 

Photo: Rémi Dargegen for Classic Driver

Whether a family member or significant other is celebrating a milestone birthday, you’ve just received a promotion, or you’re simply looking to indulge, Fellows’ next watch sale on 29 May surely has a timepiece for you. And the best thing is that 90% of the 470-lot catalogue is estimated below £5,000. You can find our favourite ‘hero’ pieces from the sale listed below or, alternatively, browse the entire catalogue in the Classic Driver Market. 

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Held on the same weekend as its Daytona Ultimatum sale, which we previewed with specialist Arthur Touchot earlier this week, Phillips’ Geneva Watch Auction: Seven follows in equally spectacular fashion with 180 timepieces catering to every taste and budget.

It’s difficult to overestimate the significance of the World Record 17.8m-dollar sale of Paul Newman’s ‘Paul Newman’ Rolex Daytona last October. It’s entirely fitting that Newman, the man who can be credited with creating the watch collecting community in the first place, has cast a new light on the horological world and caused a fresh and younger wave of collectors to enter the fray, enticed by the rarity and importance of certain vintage pieces.