我的生活不单围绕在传统和过去中，我也要不断奔向未来。
I'm not just living in the tradition and culture and the past, I also want to be connected to the future.
富艺斯(Phillips Auction) 在6月27日和28日在日内瓦举办了2020年第一场腕表网上拍卖会: 第十一届日内瓦腕表拍卖（ The Geneva Watch Auction: XI）。拍卖的品牌包括百达斐丽、劳力士、爱彼、卡地亚和一些独立品牌如MB&F、F.P. Journe 、Kari Voutilainen等品牌，共214只。在这个拍卖会上，最让人津津乐道的是一只制作与1948年制作非常罕见的 百达斐丽Ref 1518。这只玫瑰金万年历码表背后的最后一个主人居然是腕表界享有地位的Jean-Claude Biver 。他不久前才卸下了Hublot 总裁也职务，但目前还在LVMH集团内。
他共拿出了3只罕见 百达斐丽共拍卖。据了解，他目前是百达斐丽腕表收藏家之一。 在接受《Forbes》专访时Biver 透露，他原本没有打算售卖任何一只腕表，而是他在富艺斯工作的儿子说服了他。他希望能通过拍卖让人也能拥有这些腕表史上的重要作品。毕竟 “腕表并非只是一个报时工具，同时也融入了传统、文化、梦想和许多情感。这才是腕表真正的价值。”
其实Biver 并不是腕表的第一个主人。据了解，该腕表在2011年出现在拍卖会上，当时的就已经以让人惊艳的价格成交。腕表自1950年从巴达斐丽专卖店来出售后就一直都保存在一个瑞士家庭内，多年来都没在市场上流动。
过去一般的Ref 1518主要是以钢为主。粉红金的Ref 1518系列是非常罕见，市场上仅有13只。而且让这只与众不同的是，该腕表的时和秒针都漆上了蓝色（其它的时针和秒针都是玫瑰金）。原来是因为主人要一目了然，查看时间的特别要求，让这只腕表变得独一无二。
腕表最后以338万瑞士法郎(约500万新元)成交。有趣的是，这比2016年的不锈钢版的 百达斐丽Ref 1518万年历码表的成交价底了许多。当时的成交价为1100万美金（约1500万新元）成交。
The Geneva Watch Auction: XI held by Phillips returns to the first live auctions since the pandemic began on June 27 and 28 with 214 timepieces hailing from powerhouses including Patek Philippe and Rolex, as well as from master independent watchmakers such as F.P. Journe or Kari Voutilainen. Among these pieces, there are one piece in particular that makes people sit up .
It is one of the rarest Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 in Pink Gold, from the Collection of the legendary Jean-Claude Biver. It was sold for CHF 3.4 millions — about S$ 5 million — setting a new world record for this watch in this metal. The auction witnessed almost 1,800 bidders from 67 countries over two days.
Biver is actually not the first owner of this watch. It originally appeared at auction in 2011, and exceeded its original auction estimate by leaps and bounds when it first came on the market. Before its appearance at auction in 2011, it had remained with the same Swiss family since its purchase in 1950 at Patek Philippe‘s Geneva boutique. Thus, this watch can be considered one of the most “trustworthy” pink on pink reference 1518s to ever appear on the market, having resided in only two collections during its lifetime.
Pink gold reference 1518s were most often fitted with a silvered dial. It was only on very rare occasions that they were fitted with pink dials. So rare is this variant that only 13 examples of reference 1518 are known with a pink dial, making it one of the rarest and most exclusive complicated P atek Philippe wristwatches for a collector to acquire. Moreover, the present watch displays special blued steel hour and minute hands – apparently a special request from the original owner who was said to have required better legibility, making the present watch quite unique.
