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
47% of lots beat their high estimate and only 5% fell short of the low, across 29,496 completed sales at Christie's from 1991 to Jun 2026.
Refreshed weekly, latest sale 17 Jun 2026.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285 |
ROLEX, LARGE 18K PINK GOLD TRIPLE CALENDAR ‘PADELLONE’ WITH M…
|
$30,000–50,000 | $95,250 | +91% |
| 231 |
PATEK PHILIPPE, DESIRABLE 18K GOLD ‘CALATRAVA’ WITH BREGUET N…
|
$8,000–16,000 | $38,100 | +138% |
| 201 |
ROLEX, EXTREMELY ATTRACTIVE STAINLESS STEEL 'EXPLORER II 'FRE…
|
$18,000–24,000 | $35,560 | +48% |
| 209 |
ROLEX, STAINLESS STEEL CHRONOGRAPH ‘PRE-DAYTONA’ WITH BRACELE…
|
$8,000–16,000 | $30,480 | +91% |
| 248 |
AUDEMARS PIGUET, HIGHLY RARE AND IMPRESSIVE 18K GOLD SKELETON…
|
$10,000–20,000 | $27,940 | +40% |
| 238 |
ROLEX, EYE-CATCHING AND RARE 18K GOLD ‘DATEJUST’ WITH MALACHI…
|
$15,000–25,000 | $27,940 | +12% |
| 286 |
ROLEX, EARLY AND COVETED STAINLESS STEEL DUAL TIME ‘GMT-MASTE…
|
$20,000–40,000 | $27,940 | -30% |
| 227 |
ROLEX, ATTRACTIVE AND HEAVY 18K PINK GOLD ‘DAY-DATE’ WITH PIN…
|
$12,000–18,000 | $27,940 | +55% |
Showing 1–8 of 30,717 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 207,985,208,008 of 208,074 results (filtered)
Auction
$355,600
Patek Philippe Ref. 5960/1A-001
Auction
$355,600
Rolex Ref. 116509-0044 Cosmograph Daytona
Auction
$381,000
Rolex Ref. 218399BR Day-Date II
Auction
$254,000
Patek Philippe Ref. 5110J-001 World Time
Auction
$254,000
Patek Philippe Ref. 5146J-001
Auction
$2,159,000
Patek Philippe Ref. 3970EJ, Second Series
Auction
$139,700
Patek Philippe Ref. 3919J-016 Calatrava
Auction
$355,600
Patek Philippe Ref. 5196P-001 Calatrava
Auction
$279,400
Patek Philippe Ref. 5396G-001 Calatrava
Auction
$241,300
Patek Philippe Ref. 5296G-001 Calatrava
Auction
$3,048,000
Patek Philippe Ref. 5033P-012 Gondolo
Auction
$381,000
Rolex Ref. 971 Prince Brancard, White gold
Auction
$152,400
Patek Philippe Ref. 2591/2 Calatrava
Auction
$1,778,000
Patek Philippe Ref. 2570/1 "Amagnetic"
Auction
$711,200
Vacheron Constantin Ref. 4072
Auction
$508,000
Rolex Ref. 1601 Datejust, Red Jasper in pink gold
Auction
$381,000
Rolex Ref. 18038 Day-Date, “Golden Walnut”
Auction
$698,500
Rolex Ref. 16018 Datejust Electric Blue
Auction
$1,397,000
Patek Philippe Ref. 3700/3 Nautilus
Auction
$685,800
Rolex Ref. 6263 Cosmograph Daytona “Big Red”
Auction
$1,143,000
Rolex Ref. 116568BR Cosmograph Daytona
Auction
$533,400
Rolex Ref. 128235 Day-Date “Rainbow”
Auction
$9,461,500
Philippe Dufour Simplicity in steel
Auction
$4,953,000
Oscillon L’instant de Vérité
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