Pharrell's auction house sold a 'holy grail' watch collection for over $1 million. These are the 5 priciest pieces.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Pharell Williams
Joopiter, an auction house founded by Pharrell Williams, held a watch auction in July.

Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for Richard Mille

A 'seismic' 39% tariff on Switzerland is rocking the watch world, and even pre-owned Rolexes could see price hikes

Tech Insider : Business
Rolex watches on display
Swiss government officials were hit with a 39% tariff from the US.

Carl Court/Getty Images

Tom Brady's personal items, including his luxury watch collection, just sold for $9 million at auction. Take a closer look.

Tech Insider : Sports, Business
Tom Brady walked the carpet for Netflix's
Tom Brady auctioned items from his personal luxury watch collection at Sotheby's.

Elyse Jankowski/Stringer/FilmMagic/Getty Images

If you want to buy a coveted Patek Philippe timepiece, it'll take patience and a few social skills

Tech Insider
A hand reaching toward a watch
 

Harold Cunningham/ Getty Images; iStock; Rebecca Zisser/ BI

How counterfeit Rolexes are produced and distributed, according to an investigator

Tech Insider

Rob Holmes is a private investigator. He works with major luxury-watch brands to track down fakes and stop them from getting to market.

Silicon Valley elite like Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook are obsessed with these watches

Tech Insider
Apple CEO Tim Cook
Apple CEO Tim Cook stays true to the tech bro persona of function over flashiness.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

He was America's flashiest watch dealer. Then the feds caught up with him.

Tech Insider
Farrer walking away on a watch with his shadow as a burglar
Anthony Farrer, aka the Timepiece Gentleman, became famous for selling luxury watches. Then the Feds caught up with him.

Richard Chance for Business Insider

Whiskey, Rolexes, and trading cards are in a spiraling crash as "the bubbles have popped" in collectibles

Tech Insider : Economy
1914 Baltimore News baseball card featuring a 19-year-old Babe Ruth in his rookie year
Brian Dwyer of Robert Edward Auctions shows a 1914 Baltimore News baseball card featuring a 19-year-old Babe Ruth in his rookie year in Chester, New Jersey, on Monday, November 20, 2023.

AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey

The great Rolex recession is here: How the Fed crushed the luxury-watch boom

Tech Insider : Economy
Rolex Milgauss

Rolex

Subscribe to patek-philippe