{"id":80418,"date":"2022-07-14T10:58:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T09:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/?p=80418"},"modified":"2022-07-16T21:15:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T20:15:41","slug":"hitlers-gold-watch-appears-at-auction-with-estimate-of-2-4-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/hitlers-gold-watch-appears-at-auction-with-estimate-of-2-4-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitler&#8217;s gold watch appears at auction with estimate of $2-4 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alexander Historical Auctions, a specialist in historically significant artifacts, is selling a wristwatch said to have been owned by Adolf Hitler with a pre-sale estimate of $2-4 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The gold Andreas Huber reversible wristwatch was likely given to Adolf Hitler himself most likely on April 20, 1933, his 44th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>It was discovered by\u00a0a French soldier who seized the watch as \u2018spoils of war&#8217; on Friday May 4, 1945, when his unit became the first Allied force to arrive at Hitler&#8217;s retreat at Berchtesgaden in the mountains of Bavaria.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-80419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/2022\/07\/Hitler-watch-reverso.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"361\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>The watch and its history have been researched by watchmakers and military historians, all of whom have concluded that it is authentic and indeed belonged to Adolf Hitler, the auctioneer describes.<\/p>\n<p>But Jaeger-LeCoultre has issued a statement saying it does not recognise the authenticity of the watch.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Any inference that this is an authentic Jaeger-LeCoultre watch would be a falsehood and the company would take action accordingly,&#8221; the company states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe company is committed to the protection of its intellectual property and is prepared to take all necessary legal action to prevent the sale of frauds\u00a0and counterfeits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No wartime documents can be obtained from Andreas Huber \u2013 their factory was bombed and subsequently burned down during World War II, Alexander Historical Auctions says.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-aws-media.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/Watch-Brochure-Final-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to download the auctioneer&#8217;s research on the watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WXUhTZJ6VV\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchpro.com\/special-report-shifting-tides-in-the-secondary-watch-market\/\">SPECIAL REPORT: Shifting tides in the secondary watch market<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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