Gallery Sale, March 25, 2026

Gallery Sale, March 25, 2026

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Lot 284: Bombay Sapphire Blue Stainless Steel Silver Tone Watch

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Start price: $1

Estimated price: $90 - $180

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Needs a new battery; has not been tested. This item is in pre-owned, previously displayed condition, with light wear and surface scratches. Please reference all photos for full details.

Measurements: 8 3/4" x 1 1/4". Weight: 0.1 lbs

This item is originally from the collection of liquor icon Michel Roux. One of Mr. Roux’s signature spirits at Crillon was absinthe, the anise-flavored spirit known for its popularity among 19th-century artists like van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. It was banned by the United States in 1912 amid concerns that wormwood, one of its ingredients, which contained thujone, caused hallucinations. In 2000, Mr. Roux introduced a legal absinthe, Absente, which used a sister botanical, Southern wormwood, with only trace amounts of thujone.