MoonSwatch Suitcases Fetch More Than $600,000 at Sotheby’s
- One set of 11 watches sells for nearly 61,000 Swiss francs
- Swatch Group donates proceeds of the auction to charity Orbis
A MoonSwatch Moonshine Gold suitcace.
Source: Swatch Group AGA series of limited edition MoonSwatch watches in special suitcases raised more than half a million Swiss francs for charity, underscoring collector demand for the Omega-branded timepieces.
The Sotheby’s online auction for 11 sets of 11 MoonSwatch Moonshine Gold watches raised a total of 534,670 Swiss francs ($607,000), Omega SA, the Swatch Group AG brand, said in a statement. The highest price paid for a set was 60,960 francs and the lowest was 38,100 francs.