Antiquorum Auctioneers, based in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1974, established the modern auction market for watches. Antiquorum is the world’s leading auction house specializing in the field of horology. Antiquorum has played a crucial role in the promotion of old and new creators, taking on the trickle of watch-school graduates (among them, Franck Muller and Roger Dubuis) as restorers. Antiquorum was the first auction house to auction fine watches over the Internet in the 1990s.

Antiquorum has hosted the Only Watch auction for Muscular Dystrophy since its inception.

Antiquorum owns the Internet horology information and discussion site TimeZone.

Setting World Records

An impressive 44 of the 62 watches sold publicly by a major auction house for over SFr. 1,000,000 were sold by Antiquorum. In 2002, Antiquorum set the all-time world record for a wristwatch at auction, selling a unique 1939 platinum Patek Philippe World Time Ref. 1415 for US$ 4,026,524 (SFr. 6,603,500) - more than double the previous world record.

Gandhi's Pocket Watch

In March 2009 Antiquorum auctioned a number of Gandhi's possessions including his Zenith pocket watch and spectacles. This caused controversy and the Indian government tried to cancel the sale.