Bacs, Aurel (1971- )

August 28, 2023

Phillips Adds Geneva to its Jewelry Auction Calendar

The house’s chief executive described the decision to include the city, a key hub for high-profile jewelry sales, as a “statement of strategic intent.” “Geneva is […]
September 7, 2022

An 11-Year-Old Geneva Schoolgirl Is Making a Name for Herself in Watches

A Geneva schoolgirl has spent the last year charming the industry with her online opinions about timepieces. GENEVA — She loves colorful high-top Nike sneakers and […]
April 3, 2022

The Royal Oak: A Watch Masterpiece at 50

What makes a watch legend? Aurel Bacs, industry veteran and senior consultant at Phillips auction house, says it takes relevance, boldness and a kind of mystique. […]
January 15, 2018

Watches: Watch Brands Confront a Risky Business: The Secondhand Market

Advertisement About four years ago, Maximilian Büsser, founder of the boutique watch brand MB&F, bought his wife a 1970s Rolex Air-King for $2,500 on the website […]
November 17, 2017

Claude Sfeir is a Collector’s Collector

Advertisement On a balmy November afternoon in 2014, Claude Sfeir sat on the terrace of a Geneva hotel facing the lake, having lunch with an old […]
March 18, 2016

Phillips Auction Will Showcase the Chronograph

By JANE A. PETERSON March 17, 2016 At a brainstorming session in early January, the watch department at Phillips auction house zeroed in on what it said would be […]