Phillips announces thematic auction for Japan

Phillips in Association with Bacs & Russo has announced “TOKI（刻” (a noun meaning ‘time’ in Japanese), the first-ever thematic auction dedicated to the Japanese watch collecting world. Taking place in Hong Kong this November, the sale will be held at Phillips’ Asia headquarters in the West Kowloon Cultural District alongside the Hong Kong Watch Auction XIX. The sale will feature important watches by leading global brands made exclusively for the Japanese market, timepieces previously owned by savvy Japanese collectors, as well as unique pieces created by Japanese independent watchmakers, such as Naoya Hida and Hajime Asaoka. More than an auction, it represents a tribute to one of most historically important watch markets.