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Christie to celebrate 55 years of stand-alone watch sales 2015. The international department’s first sale of the year will be in Dubai, when Christie’s will offer 185 watches. This is the largest offering of any watch sale in the Middle East and will take place on the night of 19th of March at the Jumeirah Emirates Towers Hotel. Amongst the selected lots features a Patek Philippe - ref 5104 - with an estimate of $450,000-650,000, which is the most valuable estimate ever put against a watch offered in Dubai. The sale will include watches from all major firms starting with Audemars Piguet and ending with Zodiac - a total of 48 watchmakers from around the world will be represented in this sale and the most vintage watch dates from 1947 and the most modern watch from 2013 – 66 years of watchmaking to be discovered at Christie’s. This is the first sale put together by Christie’s new regional specialist Rémy Julia, who has taken the role following the promotion of Frederic Watrelot to head of watch sales in Asia. Rémy came to Christie’s with more than 10 years of experience working with luxury brands in brand management and business development roles in the Middle East and India.