This Is the Most Important Watch Sale of 2025

Vintage Bubblebacks are some of the coolest watches in the world, and doubly so given the trend in watch diameter finally shrinking far below 40 mm. This beautiful solid-gold piece dates to 1946 and features an incredible bezel, multi-tone sector dial, waterproof Oyster case, and automatic movement. Paired to a matching gold bracelet that is worth the cost of admission on its own practically, it’s the sort of watch that’s turned on generations of folks into vintage Rolex diehards.

Eska Cloisonné Enamel Dress Watch (High estimate: $24,800)

While you might not be familiar with Eska, the dial of this tremendously neat dress watch was made by none other than Stern Frères, the company that purchased a controlling interest in Patek Philippe in the 1930s and still owns it to this day. Executed in beautiful multicolor cloisonné enamel, it depicts the eastern hemisphere in detail and includes whimsical touches such as a ship and fish. Its estimate of “just” $24,000, could present an excellent opportunity to get into the kind of watch that would carry a stratospheric price tag if it were made by Patek Philippe itself.