Timeless timepieces

Bonhams' largest modern timepiece auction in Hong Kong to date features more than 200 lots of wristwatches, pocket watches and clocks worth more than HK$18 million.

Among men's wristwatches, lot 1024, Patek Philippe Ref. 5970J manual wind perpetual calendar with chronograph tops the list with its classic and elegant design, estimated at HK$900,000 to HK$1.3 million.

Sure to be an attention grabber is a watch with its origins among the prominent family of global fashion icon Louis Vuitton. Lot 1102 is an exquisite lady's timepiece, a Breguet platinum diamond pearl manual wristwatch, originally bought in 1923 by the Vuitton family. Estimate: HK$128,000 to HK$260,000.