The Stallone celebrity provenance certainly adds some appeal, but the real landmark aspect of this lot is that it is the first 1:1 fake Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 6300G to ever hit the auction block. Sotheby’s elaborates: “A perfect replica Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime sold in a charity auction for CHF 31 million (Only Watch, Christie’s Geneva, November 2019). The piece was created especially for the charity auction, and no other Grandmaster Chime has appeared on the auction market.”
To fully explain the Grandmaster Chime within an eleven-watch overview is too tall a task. What you need to know is that the watch, first launched in 2014 to commemorate luxury super clone Patek Philippe’s 175th anniversary, is one of the most complicated wristwatches ever made. It houses an astounding total of 20 complications and five chiming mechanisms. Stallone’s aaa quality replica Patek Philippe ref. 6300G was the first Grandmaster Chime reference to join the permanent collection.
Not only is the watch offered for sale with all of the original boxes, papers, hang tags, and accessories (including Apple earpods with a custom Patek Philippe case), but it also remains with its seal intact. A bit of a no-no considering Swiss movement fake Patek Philippe mandates seals be broken at the time of sale, but, with it untouched, like an action figure still in a sealed box, the watch is even more valuable. Then again, this is Sly we are talking about.