Christie's has placed its full trust in Watch Certificate™, the standard for certifying luxury and collector's watches, to support it in authenticating this exceptional piece. It was this shared vision of transparency and objectivity in the world of watchmaking that brought the two entities together.
With Watch Certificate™, Christie's ensures the traceability, permanence and integrity of the object, owner after owner.
Rémi Guillemin, Director of the Watches Department at Christie's Geneva explains that "the use of Watch Certificate™ for important collector's watches is an added value, both for the current owner and the future buyer. This is exactly what the new generation of collectors wants."
These parts have undergone the certification process:
Step One: Inspection
A watchmaker specially dispatched for the occasion meticulously analyzes the watch and each of its components. Some twenty high-definition photos are integrated into the watch's digital profile.
Second step: The expertise
Once the digital file is complete, the watchmaking passport is sent to a recognized independent expert.
After an in-depth study of all the elements detailed in the certificate, the expert has endorsed the authenticity of the lot and signed the passport.
The Watch Certificate™ is the true digital double of this ultra-rare watch. It is anchored in the blockchain to make it unforgeable.
"For the auction house, Watch Certificate™ offers a simple way to create and manage its certified lot data, once and for all (catalog, online website, condition reports). For buyers, it's an additional guarantee of transparency from a trusted third party, with the most advanced certificate on the market, so they can indulge in complete peace of mind." advances Guillaume Kuntz, co-founder of Watch Certificate™.
What does Watch Certificate™ offer future buyers?
Watch Certificate™ constitutes a title deed made unforgeable by the blockchain, this is carefully allocated to its new owner.
The owner of the certified lot has access to the Watch Certificate™ eco-system offering services designed to make the watch live on their wrist with peace of mind.
Like all Watch Certificate™ holders, the purchaser can, with a single click in his owner's area :
- Consult its history and enrich it with the next service operations performed on the watch
- Request watch value update
- Transferring ownership in the event of sale
- Obtain assistance in the event of theft (blacklisting and sharing of serial numbers with the watch brand, auction houses and online resale platforms)
- Worldwide mugging insurance coverage
Watch Certificate™ is recognized by insurance companies and authorities. It contains a certificate of non-theft as well as an estimate of the watch's market value.
This collaboration between Watch Certificate™ and Christie's enables the latter to protect its customers even more effectively against fraud in the luxury and collectible watch sector.
In parallel, at the same event, Watch Certificate™ also authenticated and certified lot no. 53, a Rolex Padellone ref. 8171, estimated at between 100,000 and 200,000 Swiss francs.
