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
40% of lots beat their high estimate and only 11% fell short of the low, across 11,800 completed sales at Sotheby's from 2019 to Aug 2026.
Refreshed weekly, latest sale 6 Aug 2026.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2317 |
A pink gold minute repeating perpetual calendar chronograph h…
|
HK$240,000–500,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2318 |
A pink gold hunting case minute repeating keyless lever watch…
|
HK$160,000–240,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2319 |
A yellow gold openface keyless lever watch with enamel dial, …
|
HK$42,000–60,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2320 |
Gondolo, Reference 3578/1 | A white gold and lapis lazuli-set…
|
HK$80,000–160,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2321 |
Ocean Golden Ellipse, Reference 9504 | A white gold lighter, …
|
HK$80,000–160,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2322 |
Reference 5074 | A platinum minute repeating perpetual calend…
|
HK$4,500,000–8,000,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2323 |
‘No. 008’, Reference 3939 | An important yellow gold minute r…
|
HK$2,400,000–4,500,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2324 |
Reference 5042 | A yellow gold and diamond-set wristwatch, Ci…
|
HK$48,000–65,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2325 |
Charleston, Reference 67025BC/Z/1068BC | A white gold and dia…
|
HK$65,000–95,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2326 |
Day-Date, Reference 1803 | A yellow gold wristwatch with day,…
|
HK$150,000–300,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2327 |
Cosmograph Daytona ‘Racing Dial’, Reference 116509 | A white …
|
HK$150,000–300,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2328 |
Day-Date, Reference 118348 | A yellow gold, diamond and emera…
|
HK$160,000–240,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2329 |
Cosmograph Daytona, Reference 116506 | A platinum chronograph…
|
HK$500,000–800,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2330 |
Cosmograph Daytona, Reference 16523 | A yellow gold and stain…
|
HK$100,000–200,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2331 |
Explorer II, Reference 16550 | A stainless steel wristwatch w…
|
HK$120,000–200,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2332 |
Day-Date, Reference 18248 | A yellow gold and diamond-set wri…
|
HK$240,000–320,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2333 |
Milgauss, Reference 1019 | A stainless steel wristwatch with …
|
HK$160,000–320,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2334 |
Day-Date "Red Stella", Reference 18038 | A yellow gold and di…
|
HK$320,000–500,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2335 |
Submariner, Reference 5513 | A stainless steel wristwatch wit…
|
HK$300,000–500,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2336 |
Cosmograph Daytona ‘Big Red’, Reference 6263 | A stainless st…
|
HK$300,000–500,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2337 |
Calatrava “Aquatic”, Reference 2451 | A yellow gold wristwatc…
|
HK$48,000–65,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2338 |
Calatrava, Reference 96 | A yellow gold wristwatch, Retailed …
|
HK$80,000–160,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2339 |
Oyster Perpetual "Bubbleback", Reference 2940 | A stainless s…
|
HK$60,000–120,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2340 |
Oyster Perpetual “Bubbleback”, Reference 3131 | A yellow gold…
|
HK$100,000–240,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2341 |
Oyster Perpetual “Bubbleback”, Reference 3372 | A pink gold a…
|
HK$80,000–160,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2342 |
Oyster Perpetual “Bubbleback”, Reference 3130 | A pink gold w…
|
HK$120,000–300,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2343 |
Oyster Perpetual “Bubbleback”, Reference 2764 | A stainless s…
|
HK$65,000–95,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2344 |
Flatback, Reference 2765 | A stainless steel wristwatch, Circ…
|
HK$42,000–80,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2345 |
Oyster Perpetual “Bubbleback”, Reference 3131 | A pink gold w…
|
HK$120,000–300,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2346 |
Oyster Perpetual "Bubbleback", Reference 3131 | A yellow gold…
|
HK$120,000–300,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2347 |
Oyster Perpetual “Bubbleback”, Reference 3130 | A yellow gold…
|
HK$65,000–95,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2348 |
Empire, Reference 3548 | A yellow gold wristwatch, Retailed b…
|
HK$120,000–300,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2349 |
GMT-Master II "Fat Lady", Reference 16760 | A stainless steel…
|
HK$100,000–200,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2350 |
GMT-Master "Pepsi", Reference 16700 | A stainless steel dual …
|
HK$100,000–200,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2351 |
GMT-Master II "Coke", Reference 16710 | A stainless steel dua…
|
HK$100,000–200,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2352 |
Oyster Royal "Red Hand", Reference 2280 | A stainless steel w…
|
HK$60,000–120,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2353 |
Datejust, Reference 1603 | A stainless steel wristwatch with …
|
HK$80,000–160,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2354 |
Datejust, Reference 16233 | A yellow gold and stainless steel…
|
HK$80,000–160,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2355 |
Calatrava, Reference 3445 | A white gold wristwatch with date…
|
HK$120,000–200,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2356 |
Calatrava “Small Mono-Date” Reference 3514 | A white gold bra…
|
HK$160,000–240,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2357 |
Ellipse, Reference 3738 | A yellow gold wristwatch, Circa 2007
|
HK$140,000–280,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2358 |
Ellipse, Reference 3738 | A pink gold wristwatch, Circa 2012
|
HK$140,000–280,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2359 |
Reference 3417 | A stainless steel anti-magnetic wristwatch, …
|
HK$320,000–600,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2360 |
Reference 5023 | A yellow gold wristwatch, Made in 1998
|
HK$100,000–200,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2361 |
Reference 3923 | A stainless steel wristwatch, Made for the J…
|
HK$100,000–200,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2362 |
Ellipse, Reference 3987 | A yellow gold wristwatch with diamo…
|
HK$100,000–200,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2363 |
Calatrava, Reference 565 | A yellow gold wristwatch, Made in …
|
HK$200,000–400,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2364 |
Reference 3940 “Second Series” | A yellow gold perpetual cale…
|
HK$400,000–600,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2365 |
Calatrava, Reference 3796 | A platinum wristwatch, Circa 1995
|
HK$160,000–300,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 2366 |
Calatrava, Reference 3998 | A white gold wristwatch with date…
|
HK$160,000–240,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
Showing 651–700 of 52,920 auction records at Sotheby'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.
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