Rare Rolex watches like this one will be available at the Dreweatts & Bloomsbury auction in London. Photo courtesy 1stdips.

BY JORDAN CLARY

On Wednesday, March 26, Dreweatts & Bloomsbury in London will hold an auction featuring a collection of 60 rare vintage and modern wristwatches. The auction, Vintage and Modern Wristwatches for the Distinguished Gentleman, will contain pieces by Audemars, Piguet, Breitling, Omega, Cartier, Bulgari, Franck Muller, and Vacheron Constantin. Among the rare vintage timepieces is a 1970s version of the Breitling Top Time watch that was featured in the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball. The event will take place in Newbury Berkshire with public viewing in the Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions London sale room from Monday, March 17 through Wednesday, March 19. Online bidding with no additional premium will be available at www.dreweatts.com.

—March 12, 2014