Worldwide head of watches at Sotheby’s lives and breathes rare, luxury and vintage timepieces.<br /><br />Working for the oldest company listed on the New York Stock Exchange is not for the faint-hearted, but Hines knows his trade. “What we do is a very competitive market,” he says. <br /><br />“We sell about 3,000 watches a year at Sotheby’s. I think this year we have sold over US$18 million worth of watches. When a watch comes up, we have to immediately go see it if it is something important.” <br /><br />Time is of the essence, though often it needs to be balanced with a healthy dose of patience.
