Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
150,147
Lots
$27,575
Average hammer, USD sales
$13,922,000
Record, USD sales
Antiquorum
Top house
47% of lots beat their high estimate and only 5% fell short of the low, across 29,023 completed sales at Christie's from 1991 to Jun 2026.
Refreshed weekly, latest sale 17 Jun 2026.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 |
ROLEX. A FINE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRA…
Steel · 1964 |
$15,000–20,000 | $18,750 | -6% |
| 18 |
ROLEX. A FINE AND RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH…
Steel · 1963 |
$15,000–20,000 | $16,250 | -19% |
| 315 |
ROLEX. A RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRA…
Steel · 1970 |
$40,000–60,000 | $49,000 | -18% |
| 118 |
ROLEX. A RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRA…
Steel · 1967 |
$30,000–50,000 | $66,000 | +32% |
| 52 |
BREGUET. A FINE LADY'S 18K GOLD, DIAMOND AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL …
Gold · Automatic · 2000 |
$8,000–12,000 | $16,800 | +40% |
| 390 |
Rolex. A fine and rare stainless steel water-resistant chrono…
Steel · 1962 |
$20,000–30,000 | $57,360 | +91% |
| 388 |
Rolex. A fine and rare stainless steel water-resistant chrono…
Steel · 1970 |
$20,000–30,000 | $35,850 | +20% |
116 recorded sales across 6 houses, 1998 to 2026. US dollar sales only.
Bar shows the full range of prices paid that year; the mark is the median. Median rather than average, so one exceptional lot does not distort the year. * Years marked with an asterisk have fewer than three recorded sales, too few to read as a market level.
Showing 137–143 of 143 auction records at Christie's. 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 535 results (filtered)
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$75,600
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$45,600
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$27,940
Retailed by Serpico y Laino: Daytona, Reference 6239 | A stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet and 'S&L Acero' signed case back | Circa 1965
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$127,000
Daytona 'Double Swis Underline', Reference 6239 | A stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with double Swiss underline dial and bracelet | Circa 1963
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$44,450
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$192,000
Daytona 'Paul Newman', reference 6239 Montre bracelet chronographe en acier | Stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet Vers 1967 | Circa 1967
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$36,000
Daytona 'Fuerza Aera del Peru', reference 6239 Montre bracelet chronographe en acier | Stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet Vers 1966 | Circa 1966
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$42,000
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$44,450
Reference 6239 Daytona 'FAP' | A stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, Made for the Peruvian Airforce, Circa 1964
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$38,100
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$168,000
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$44,100
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$989,000
Rolex. An extremely rare and important stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet, original guarantee and box SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH, OYSTER, DAYTONA, REF. 6263/6239, PAUL NEWMAN MODEL, CASE NO. 2'197'870, MANUFACTURED IN 1969
Marketplace
$269,000
Rolex. A very rare and early stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with "underline double Swiss" dial and brown subsidiary dials SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH, REF. 6239, CASE NO. 923'192, MANUFACTURED IN 1963
Marketplace
$81,250
Rolex. A very fine and extremely rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with black dial and "floating Daytona" SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA, REF. 6239, CASE NO. 1'091'031, MANUFACTURED IN 1964
Marketplace
$137,000
Rolex. A rare and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with brown subsidiary dials SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA, REF. 6239, CASE NO. 1'475'697, MANUFACTURED IN 1966
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$185,000
Rolex. A very rare and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with black dial and bracelet SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA, PAUL NEWMAN MODEL, REF. 6239, CASE NO. 1'695'129, MANUFACTURED IN 1967
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$761,000
Rolex. An extremely rare and important stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with pulsation dial and bracelet SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA, REF. 6239, CASE NO. 1'695'328, MANUFACTURED IN 1967
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$497,000
Rolex. A very rare and attractive 18K gold chronograph wristwatch with black dial and box SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA, PAUL NEWMAN MODEL, REF. 6239, CASE NO. 1'757'920, MANUFACTURED IN 1969
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$245,000
Rolex. An extremely rare and historically important stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with black dial and bracelet SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA, PAUL NEWMAN MODEL, REF. 6239, CASE NO. 1'475'765, MANUFACTURED IN 1966
Marketplace
$149,000
Rolex. An extremely rare and historically important stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet and original guarantee SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA, REF. 6262/6239, CASE NO. 2'416'819, MANUFACTURED IN 1970
Marketplace
$209,000
Rolex. A very rare and attractive stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with bracelet and dark brown outer track SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA, PAUL NEWMAN MODEL, REF. 6262/6239, CASE NO. 2'733'426, MANUFACTURED IN 1971
Marketplace
$562,500
ROLEX. A FINE, ATTRACTIVE AND VERY RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA, PAUL NEWMAN MODEL, REF. 6262/6239, CASE NO. 2'553'516, CIRCA 1970
Marketplace
$325,000
ROLEX. A FINE, ATTRACTIVE AND VERY RARE STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET SIGNED ROLEX, COSMOGRAPH, "BLUE" DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 6262/6239, CASE NO. 2'533'376, CIRCA 1970