Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
208,074
Lots
$27,384
Average hammer, USD sales
$13,922,000
Record, USD sales
Antiquorum
Top house
52% of lots beat their high estimate and only 7% fell short of the low, across 34,645 completed sales at Bonhams from 2009 to Aug 2026.
Refreshed weekly, latest sale 25 Aug 2026.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 63 |
Rolex. A stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch Oy…
|
£1,500–2,000 | £2,816 | +41% |
| 75 |
John Walker, 77 Cornhill, London. An 18K gold key wind open f…
|
£1,000–1,500 | £2,560 | +71% |
| 62 |
Rolex. A stainless steel manual wind wristwatch Oyster Imperi…
1950 |
£700–900 | £2,560 | +184% |
| 113 |
Patek Philippe. A fine and rare gilt metal and black plastic …
1980 |
€1,500–2,000 | €2,560 | +28% |
| 34 |
Fabergé. A lady's 18k white gold and diamond-set quartz wrist…
|
£2,000–3,000 | £2,560 | -15% |
| 138 |
Zenith. A metal base manual wind chronograph mounted on a ped…
1950 |
€150–200 | €2,432 | +1,116% |
| 33 |
A silver keyless wind single button chronograph wristwatch co…
|
€250–350 | €2,304 | +558% |
| 69 |
Cartier. Montre bracelet de dame en acier mouvement quartz Ca…
2000 |
€1,500–2,000 | €2,176 | +9% |
| 24 |
Henry Moser & Cie. A chrome keyless wind single button chrono…
1915 |
€200–300 | €2,176 | +625% |
| 19 |
Ulysse Nardin. An 18K gold open face keyless wind pocket watc…
1960 |
€700–900 | €2,176 | +142% |
| 80 |
Thomas Russell & Son. An 18K gold keyless wind half hunter po…
|
£1,000–1,500 | £2,176 | +45% |
| 61 |
Rolex. A stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch Da…
|
£1,500–2,000 | £2,048 | +2% |
| 86 |
Waltham. An 18K gold keyless wind open face pocket watch Birm…
|
£1,000–1,500 | £1,920 | +28% |
| 73 |
Rolex. A lady's stainless steel and 18K gold automatic calend…
1975 |
€1,200–1,800 | €1,920 | +7% |
| 12 |
Bulova. A 9K gold electronic calendar bracelet watch Accutron…
1970 |
£1,200–1,800 | £1,920 | +7% |
| 8 |
Bremont for Jaguar. A stainless steel automatic chronograph c…
|
£1,000–1,500 | £1,920 | +28% |
| 41 |
IWC. An 18K gold manual wind wristwatch IWC. Montre bracelet …
1950 |
€1,500–2,500 | €1,920 | -23% |
| 18 |
Cartier. A lady's stainless steel quartz bracelet watch Santo…
2000 |
£1,200–1,800 | £1,792 | 0% |
| 71 |
Cartier. A stainless steel and 18K gold automatic bracelet wa…
1980 |
€1,000–1,500 | €1,792 | +19% |
| 21 |
Omega. An 18K gold open face keyless wind pocket watch Omega.…
1960 |
€1,000–1,500 | €1,792 | +19% |
| 18 |
Vacheron & Constantin. A fine 18K gold open face keyless wind…
1960 |
€1,000–2,000 | €1,792 | -10% |
| 17 |
Courvoisier. A silver key wind Jacquemart automaton pocket wa…
|
€600–800 | €1,792 | +124% |
| 71 |
Bailey, Banks & Biddle Co. A 14K gold keyless wind open face …
1900 |
£800–1,200 | £1,792 | +49% |
| 51 |
Omega. A stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch Se…
2000 |
£1,200–1,800 | £1,792 | 0% |
| 109 |
Jaeger-LeCoultre. A stainless steel automatic calendar wristw…
1970 |
€700–900 | €1,664 | +85% |
| 9 |
Bremont. A Limited Edition titanium automatic calendar wristw…
|
£1,000–1,500 | £1,664 | +11% |
| 7 |
Bremont for Jaguar. A stainless steel automatic calendar wris…
|
£1,000–1,500 | £1,664 | +11% |
| 3 |
IWC. A 14K gold open face keyless wind pocket watch IWC. Mont…
1920 |
€1,000–1,500 | €1,664 | +11% |
| 25 |
Attributed to Paul Buhre. A white metal keyless wind single b…
1900 |
€200–300 | €1,536 | +412% |
| 84 |
Waltham. A 9K gold keyless wind half hunter pocket watch Birm…
|
£800–1,200 | £1,536 | +28% |
| 49 |
Omega. A stainless steel manual wind chronograph wristwatch S…
1968 |
£1,200–1,800 | £1,536 | -15% |
| 83 |
Waltham. A 9K gold keyless wind full hunter pocket watch Circ…
1900 |
£800–1,200 | £1,408 | +17% |
| 72 |
Henry Capt. An 18K gold keyless wind open face pocket watch C…
|
£700–900 | £1,408 | +56% |
| 31 |
Cuervo y Sobrinos. A stainless steel automatic calendar wrist…
2023 |
£1,000–1,500 | £1,408 | -6% |
| 27 |
Zenith. A silver keyless wind single button chronograph wrist…
1900 |
€200–300 | €1,408 | +369% |
| 23 |
Montbrillant W.MY. A silver keyless wind single button chrono…
1910 |
€300–400 | €1,408 | +252% |
| 20 |
Zenith. A fine 18K gold extra-thin open face keyless wind poc…
1960 |
€1,000–1,500 | €1,408 | -6% |
| 85 |
Longines. A stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch…
|
€1,000–1,500 | €1,280 | -15% |
| 11 |
An 18K gold open face key wind pocket watch Montre de gousset…
|
€500–700 | €1,280 | +83% |
| 153 |
Audemars Piguet. A very fine and important box for 10 watches…
|
€1,000–2,000 | €1,280 | -36% |
| 151 |
Longines. A stainless steel keyless wind open face split seco…
1960 |
€200–300 | €1,280 | +327% |
| 141 |
Universal Genève. An unusual black metal manual wind dashboar…
1930 |
€1,000–1,500 | €1,280 | -15% |
| 73 |
J.Salmanoff. A continental gold keyless wind open face pocket…
1920 |
£1,000–1,500 | £1,280 | -15% |
| 117 |
Dubey & Schaldenbrand. A stainless steel and gold plated manu…
1960 |
€600–800 | €1,280 | +60% |
| 22 |
Cartier. A stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch …
2000 |
£800–1,200 | £1,216 | +1% |
| 82 |
Waltham. A 14K white gold keyless wind open face pocket watch…
1900 |
£600–800 | £1,152 | +44% |
| 77 |
Lund & Blockley, 42 Pall Mall, London. An 18K gold keyless wi…
1900 |
£600–800 | £1,088 | +36% |
| 111 |
Lip. A chrome plated and stainless steel manual wind wristwat…
1970 |
€500–700 | €1,088 | +55% |
| 54 |
Baume & Mercier. An 18K gold manual wind wristwatch Baume & M…
1960 |
€800–1,200 | €1,088 | -9% |
| 53 |
Baume & Mercier. An 18K gold manual wind wristwatch Baume & M…
1960 |
€800–1,200 | €1,088 | -9% |
Showing 701–750 of 34,827 auction records at Bonhams. Prices as reported by the auction house, in the sale's original currency.
Curated from publicly documented auction results. Realized prices, hammer plus premium, never asking prices.
The most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction. A one-off in steel with 20 complications, sold for charity.
Pocket watch with 24 complications, commissioned in 1925. Held the all-time record for years.
Paul Newman's own exotic-dial Daytona, a gift from Joanne Woodward. The most expensive Rolex ever sold.
One of only four known steel examples of the first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph.
Resold at Phillips Geneva, 8 Nov 2025, for CHF 14,190,000
The only known white gold manual-wind Daytona. Sold for charity.
The first wristwatch by the master finisher, a grande sonnerie minute repeater.
Black-dial triple calendar moonphase owned by the last emperor of Vietnam.
Handmade pocket watch by the greatest watchmaker of the 20th century.
First-generation Speedmaster from 1957 with tropical dial, a record for Omega.
Worn by Brando in Apocalypse Now, bezel removed, caseback hand-engraved by Brando.
Steel prototype with 18 complications, sold for charity.
Double-faced grand complication, one of Patek's most complicated wristwatches.
Showing 1,24 of 208,074 results (filtered)
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$2,500
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$1,750
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$1,750
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$3,000
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$1,375
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$2,500
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$2,750
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$2,750
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$1,375
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$2,750
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$1,875
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$1,875
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$2,875
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$2,250
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$15,000
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$3,375
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$3,125
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$4,130
Auction
$3,620,000
Patek Philippe Ref Ref 3939
Auction
$1,580,000
Patek Philippe Ref Ref 5970
Auction
$836,000
Patek Philippe Ref Ref 5070
Auction
$412,500
Patek Philippe Ref Ref 5038
Auction
$6,020,000
Auction
$1,220,000
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