Auction results

Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.

150,147

Lots

€23,809

Average hammer, USD sales

€11,948,779

Record, USD sales

Antiquorum

Top house

What watches actually sold for

34% of lots beat their high estimate and only 13% fell short of the low, across 4,115 completed sales at Loupe This from 2021 to Aug 2026.

Refreshed weekly, latest sale 21 Aug 2026.

34% above estimate 53% within 13% below
Lot Watch Estimate Result Vs estimate

Rolex 1603

34 recorded sales across 5 houses, 2004 to 2026. US dollar sales only.

+181% median, 2004 to 2026
2004 $2,300 1*
2006 $4,366 1*
2008 $2,880 2*
2010 $1,625 1*
2011 $2,750 3
2012 $1,625 1*
2013 $2,125 1*
2016 $2,250 1*
2018 $3,875 2*
2021 $4,070 1*
2022 $4,840 6
2023 $3,474 4
2024 $4,400 5
2025 $3,625 3
2026 $6,460 2*

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 1–8 of 20 auction records at Loupe This. Prices as reported by the auction house, in the sale's original currency.

The most expensive watches ever sold

Curated from publicly documented auction results. Realized prices, hammer plus premium, never asking prices.

01 Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime The Only One Christie's (Only Watch) · Geneva · 2019 $31,190,000

The most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction. A one-off in steel with 20 complications, sold for charity.

Reference6300A-010 Sold2019 In our archive1 sales of this reference
02 Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication The Supercomplication Sotheby's · Geneva · 2014 $23,980,000

Pocket watch with 24 complications, commissioned in 1925. Held the all-time record for years.

Sold2014
03 Rolex Daytona Paul Newman's Paul Newman Phillips · New York · 2017 $17,752,500

Paul Newman's own exotic-dial Daytona, a gift from Joanne Woodward. The most expensive Rolex ever sold.

Reference6239 Sold2017 In our archive443 sales of this reference
04 Patek Philippe 1518 in stainless steel Phillips · Geneva · 2016 $11,136,642Sold again 2025 for $17,616,885

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

Reference1518 Sold2016 In our archive120 sales of this reference Most recent sale$17,616,885 in 2025
05 Rolex Daytona Unicorn The Unicorn Phillips · Geneva · 2018 $5,937,500

The only known white gold manual-wind Daytona. Sold for charity.

Reference6265 Sold2018 In our archive311 sales of this reference
06 Philippe Dufour Grande et Petite Sonnerie No. 1 Phillips · Geneva · 2021 $5,192,082

The first wristwatch by the master finisher, a grande sonnerie minute repeater.

Sold2021
07 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Bao Dai The Bao Dai Phillips · Geneva · 2017 $5,060,427

Black-dial triple calendar moonphase owned by the last emperor of Vietnam.

Reference6062 Sold2017 In our archive84 sales of this reference
08 George Daniels Space Traveller I Space Traveller Sotheby's · London · 2019 $4,561,507

Handmade pocket watch by the greatest watchmaker of the 20th century.

Sold2019
09 Omega Speedmaster Broad Arrow Tropical Broad Arrow Phillips · Geneva · 2021 $3,402,780

First-generation Speedmaster from 1957 with tropical dial, a record for Omega.

Reference2915-1 Sold2021 In our archive7 sales of this reference
10 Rolex GMT-Master Marlon Brando's GMT Phillips · New York · 2019 $1,952,000

Worn by Brando in Apocalypse Now, bezel removed, caseback hand-engraved by Brando.

Reference1675 Sold2019 In our archive749 sales of this reference
11 F.P. Journe Astronomic Souveraine prototype Christie's (Only Watch) · Geneva · 2019 $1,815,000

Steel prototype with 18 complications, sold for charity.

Sold2019
12 Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon Sotheby's · Hong Kong · 2021 $1,542,500

Double-faced grand complication, one of Patek's most complicated wristwatches.

Reference5002R Sold2021 In our archive1 sales of this reference
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Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Silver Non-Luminous Dial · 1603 Marketplace €2,455

Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Silver Non-Luminous Dial · 1603

Rolex Datejust 1603 Silver Non-Luminous Dial

€2,455
Aug 4, 2026 Very good
Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Blue Mosaic Dial · 1603 Marketplace €3,257

Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Blue Mosaic Dial · 1603

Rolex Datejust 1603 Blue Mosaic Dial

€3,257
Aug 4, 2026 Excellent
Rolex Rolex Datejust 16030 Blue Buckley Dial · 16030 Marketplace €4,607

Rolex Rolex Datejust 16030 Blue Buckley Dial · 16030

Rolex Datejust 16030 Blue Buckley Dial

€4,607
Aug 4, 2026 Excellent
Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Slate Dial · 1603 Marketplace €3,776

Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Slate Dial · 1603

Rolex Datejust 1603 Slate Dial

€3,776
Aug 4, 2026 Near-Mint
Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Slate Grey Dial Jubilee Bracelet · 1603 Marketplace €4,107

Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Slate Grey Dial Jubilee Bracelet · 1603

Rolex Datejust 1603 Slate Grey Dial Jubilee Bracelet

€4,107
Aug 4, 2026 Excellent
Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Silver Doorstop Swiss Only Dial · 1603 Marketplace €1,888

Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Silver Doorstop Swiss Only Dial · 1603

Rolex Datejust 1603 Silver Doorstop Swiss Only Dial

€1,888
Aug 4, 2026 Very Good
Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Silver Luminova Dial and Hands Stainless Steel · 1603 Marketplace €3,022

Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Silver Luminova Dial and Hands Stainless Steel · 1603

Rolex Datejust 1603 Silver Luminova Dial and Hands Stainless Steel

€3,022
Aug 4, 2026 Excellent
Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Faded Blue Dial · 1603 Marketplace €2,879

Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Faded Blue Dial · 1603

Rolex Datejust 1603 Faded Blue Dial

€2,879
Aug 4, 2026 Very Good
Rolex Rolex Datejust 16030 Black Dial · 16030 Marketplace €4,532

Rolex Rolex Datejust 16030 Black Dial · 16030

Rolex Datejust 16030 Black Dial

€4,532
Aug 4, 2026 Excellent
Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Silver Sigma Dial · 1603 Marketplace €3,399

Rolex Rolex Datejust 1603 Silver Sigma Dial · 1603

Rolex Datejust 1603 Silver Sigma Dial

€3,399
Aug 4, 2026 Excellent
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