A pocket watch created by renowned UK watchmaker Roger Smith sold for $4.9 million, a record result for the same auction house recently caught in a scandal involving a faked Omega Speedmaster.

In one scene, the actor playing Communist China’s founding father Mao Zedong accepts a gold Omega pocket watch from his girlfriend. The camera zooms in, making the Swiss luxury brand name ...

The watch was bought by Omega itself for 3.115 million Swiss francs—25 times the auctioneer’s upper estimated price—at a Phillips auction in in Geneva in November 2021.

Omega has unparalleled experience in sports timekeeping. In 1932, Omega pocket watch chronographs were already considered the most reliable instruments available for measur-ing world-class ...