https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Seventy years after the end of the Second World War, a watch worn by legendary US five-star general Douglas MacArthur sold at a Geneva auction on Sunday for 70,000 francs ($75,000), far above the estimate. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150510/sale-of-five-star-generals-watch-exceeds-estimates Mon, 11 May 2015 00:53:04 +0200 sale-of-five-star-generals-watch-exceeds-estimates Seventy years after the end of the Second World War, a watch worn by legendary American five-star general Douglas MacArthur is going on auction in Geneva. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150507/watch-worn-by-general-macarthur-to-be-sold Thu, 07 May 2015 16:25:04 +0200 watch-worn-by-general-macarthur-to-be-sold A sapphire known as the Blue Belle of Asia set a new world record after selling for more than $17 million at a rare jewellery auction in Geneva, Christie's said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141112/ceylon-sapphire-sets-world-record-at-geneva-auction Wed, 12 Nov 2014 14:04:00 +0100 ceylon-sapphire-sets-world-record-at-geneva-auction A gold watch billed as the most expensive —and most complicated — in the world fetched a record US$21.3 million when it went under the hammer in Geneva on Tuesday, the Sotheby's auction house involved said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141111/geneva-watch-sells-for-over-21-million Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:44:00 +0100 geneva-watch-sells-for-over-21-million A brooch commissioned by a French empress, or perhaps an iconic watch considered the most complicated ever made entirely by hand? https://www.thelocal.ch/20141111/millions-to-trade-hands-in-geneva-fall-auctions Tue, 11 Nov 2014 10:55:00 +0100 millions-to-trade-hands-in-geneva-fall-auctions Auction house Christie's auction house in Geneva is putting up for auction "one of the world's most perfect diamonds" — a new colourless, pear-shaped gem weighing 101.73 carats. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130313/perfect-diamond-set-for-geneva-auction Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:42:00 +0100 perfect-diamond-set-for-geneva-auction From a flawless diamond that fetched nearly $21.5 million to another gem that went under the hammer for $10.9 million, Geneva's November jewellery auctions smashed several records this year. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121115/age-of-austerity-bypasses-swiss-auctions Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:38:00 +0100 age-of-austerity-bypasses-swiss-auctions