Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
150,181
Lots
$27,734
Average hammer, USD sales
$13,922,000
Record, USD sales
Antiquorum
Top house
Every lot below is a completed sale, newest first.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 |
Reference 903 | Retailed by Cartier New York: A very slim yel…
Yellow gold · 1970 |
$4,000–6,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 85 |
Reference 117.040 Grande Lange 1 'Dubail Edition' | A white g…
White gold · 2017 |
$130,000–230,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 30 |
Stepped Tank | New York retailed: A yellow gold rectangular w…
Yellow gold · 1970 |
$8,000–12,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 86 |
1941 Remontoire | A limited edition stainless steel wristwatc…
Steel · 2020 |
$60,000–120,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 31 |
A fine and unusual yellow gold miniature prism mystery clock …
Yellow gold · 1955 |
$15,000–30,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 87 |
Reference P01262 Balancier Convexe S² | A limited edition tit…
Titanium · 2025 |
$150,000–250,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 32 |
Catalogue of the Collection of Watches, The Property of J. Pi…
1912 |
$20,000–40,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 88 |
La Resonance | An extremely limited production titanium semi-…
Titanium · 2023 |
$150,000–300,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
These watches were offered but did not sell, because no bid reached the reserve. An unsold lot is still a data point: it marks where the market declined to go.
Showing 113–120 of 25,555 unsold lots 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.
Showing 1,24 of 165,718 results (filtered)
Marketplace
$358.00
Marketplace
$832.00
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$333.00
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$1,024
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$1,088
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$2,048
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$832.00
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$218.00
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$1,920
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$159,500
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$1,980
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$4,840
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$1,430
Marketplace
$13,750
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$3,740
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$2,200
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$80,301
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$161,480
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$27,999
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$16,498
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$38,500
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$32,464
Marketplace
$15,400