Crazy Watch Offers proves that the Lost & Found Auction Auctions of Sydney Airport are Horological

• A Moonswatch of $ 435 attracts offers of $ 1,400 during the annual auctions on the lost properties of Sydney airport.
• Last year, the auction saw an Audemars Piguet clearly false report more than $ 10,000.
• The auction is filled with original discoveries and guarantees of authenticity.

Lost property sale of Sydney Kingsford Smith is back for 2025, and it's still so strange and wonderful. After a pandemic break, the annual fire sale of confiscated and forgotten goods at the airport has returned, offering everything, from high-end alcohol to hair dryers, electric tools and design handbags.

But as usual, it is the transporting watches that cause the most chaos, deperate people to make risky offers.

This year's star is not a rolex or even a false piguet Audemars. This is Lot 2331: a SwatchIn particular the mission on the Moon, currently seated at $ 1,400 Aud. For those who do not know, the Omega X Swatch Moonswatch collection is a fun collaboration between the two watch powerhouses, offering watch enthusiasts a unique and fun daily carrier who does not break the bank. But they are certainly not worth $ 1,400.

Moonswatch mania… or just confused auctions?

Enter any sample shop across the country and you will be able to hang a model for only $ 435 AUD. And it will be new out of the box. But because he says “omega” on the dial, people go as if it was a legitimate Speedmaster.

If it were the real business, $ 1,400 would be a good deal. But this is not the case. It is an intelligent collaboration, which we have always said that we are big fans. But this collection does not fall into the luxury category. However, here it is, climbing to the price of a respectable entry -level watch thanks to 27 sponsors full of hope who do not know better or don't care. I would hate being the last with my hand when the hammer falls.

BOOBY market or trap trap?

This is not the first time that this auction has delivers a horrible failure. Last year, a fake royal oak Audemars Piguet, with a cracked mineral glass and a cheap quartz movement, attracted more than $ 10,000 in offers. At least, this year's watch is real … It's just not what people think.

Theodore Bruce, the auction house that directs the event, is covered with non-responsibility advice, offering potential buyers all guarantees on authenticity, brand or value. But when the offers start to hover on what is essentially a plastic watch of $ 400, you must wonder if some warning signs are not enough.

The auction of Sydney airport remains a fun, chaotic and very Australian tradition. Do not expect to leave with a Grail watch. And if you spend four figures on a Moonswatch, you've probably already lost.