REVIEW: WATCHES: 26 MARCH

With 86% of the lots sold, this auction rose to a hammer total of more than £308,000, the star lot being a Rolex lady’s gold and diamond-set Pearlmaster automatic wristwatch that sold for £26,000.

Other leading highlights included another eight watches that individually sold for at least five figures.

These included a rare, c.1920 gold oversized single button Omega chronograph that more than doubled top estimate at £15,000; a gold semi-skeletonised wristwatch with satellite hour display from Audemars Piguet dating to c.1995, which made £14,000; and an oversized square titanium skeletonised tourbillon wristwatch from The Golden Square collection by Roger Dubuis, dating to c.2010. It displays a striking intricate skeletonised dial that gives an unobstructed view of the mesmerizing tourbillon mechanism. The hammer price was £12,000.

Other lots that stood out included a Breitling for Bentley c.2006 gold automatic chronograph wristwatch that also made £12,000; as did a rare gold twenty dollar Patek Philippe coin watch dating to 1974; while a c.2006 Collection Privée Cartier dual dial time zone Tank A Vis wristwatch, took £11,000.

Another Cartier wristwatch – a c.2012 pink gold Calibre De Cartier – took a top-estimate of £10,000; and a Breitling Flying B for Bentley gold and diamond-set rectangular wristwatch dating to c.2010 also made £10,000.

"We were delighted with the range of quality timepieces in this sale, it was a pleasure to have such rare luxury watches, which saw keen bidding from collectors”, says Noonans Watch specialist Joanne Lewis.