During the auction oganizzata from Sotheby’sa Geneva, were sold 159 watches, for a total collection of 10.9 million francs. The highest quotation was obtained from a rare chronograph Patek Philippe, past hand for 2.35 million francs (about 2.25 million dollars). It belonged to Count Carlo Felice Trossi who was chairman of Ferrari.

The batch of high symbolic value, un’accesa has sparked competition among the participants, who were challenged to Make of increases. In the same sitting the other two stopwatches were sold at prices from amateur: the first went to a European collector for 1.05 million francs, the other a wealthy American lover to 945 thousand units in the same currency.