Among all the other items displayed for auction by the Antiquorum's recent auction of Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches and Clocks, a pocket watch belonging to Mahatma Gandhi was the highlight of all the other objects.

In addition to the Gandhi's pocket watch there were few other personal belongings of his like pair of sandals, glasses, bowl and thali. The sale which was conducted on March 4-5 realized an amount of $8,707,724, with $2,096,000 of that from the sale of Gandhi's pocket watch.

The auction which was conducted comprises of all the belongings of the spiritual and political leader of India. The event was closely observed by all the collectors as well as the supporters of Gandhi worldwide. Eventually a prominent Indian businessman took over the race. He won all the items which belonged to Gandhi and brought the pride home. It was said that Vijay Mallya who was representing India came with an intension of bringing all the items back to India for permanent public display.

A total of 500 bidders were present at the event apart from the online and bidders over the phone. They were not only bidding for Gandhi’s items but also a number of noteworthy timepieces like an historically important piece the "Kennedy Onassis" watch. A timepiece which belonged to the President John F. Kennedy and also worn by the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. The watch, the only known item connecting JFK, Onassis and Jacqueline Kennedy, fetched $120,000.

Another timepiece which is worth mentioning is the Patek Philippe Henry Grave's unique platinum minute repeater, which sold for $630,000. The watch belonged to the late Henry Graves Jr., who inspired Patek Philippe to create some of its most complicated watches to date.

Few other Patek Philippe models achieved good results as well, including the "Giuseppe Bonanno," a 1950s model whose namesake was thought to be the inspiration for the character of Vito Corleone in Mario Puzo's The Godfather. The timepiece sold for $36,000 and drew considerable attention from collectors and Godfather fans.

Patek's Ref. 5016 in yellow gold (lot 536) made $494,000, while Ref. 5020, the "TV Watch," in white gold (lot 526) sold for $180,000. Also selling in the six figures were Ref. 3970 in white gold (lot 525), which attained $108,000, and the yellow gold "Celestial" wristwatch (lot 120), which achieved $186,000.

Audemars Piguet also attained exceptional results, with its "End of Days" timepiece (lot 435) selling for a remarkable price of $42,000. Cartier did well as well, with an Art deco desk alarm clock selling for $32,400 which is three times more than its pre-sale estimate.