Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
150,140
Lots
$30,413
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 172 |
Reference IW5240-07 Portugieser Minute Repeater | A white gol…
|
$20,000–40,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 117 |
Pendulette Réveil Souveraine | A stainless steel table clock …
|
$3,000–6,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 173 |
Reference 4010U/000G-H070 Patrimony Moon Phase Retrograde Dat…
|
$30,000–50,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 118 |
A pair of subsidiary desk clocks made by Patek Philippe for R…
|
$15,000–30,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 174 |
Reference 25854ST Royal Oak Offshore | A stainless steel auto…
|
$40,000–80,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 119 |
Reference 16528 'Inverted 6 Zenith' Daytona | A yellow gold a…
|
$30,000–50,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 175 |
Reference 26242OR.ZZ.1322OR.02 Royal Oak | A pink gold and di…
|
$120,000–140,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 120 |
Reference 116589 Daytona | A white gold and diamond-set autom…
|
$20,000–40,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 176 |
Reference 6265 Daytona | A stainless steel chronograph wristw…
|
$35,000–70,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 121 |
Reference 116519 ‘Beach’ Daytona | A set of four white gold a…
|
$200,000–400,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 177 |
Reference 6263 'Big Red' Daytona | A stainless steel chronogr…
|
$50,000–100,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 122 |
Reference 16589SACI Daytona | A white gold, diamond, and sapp…
|
$80,000–160,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 178 |
Reference 1655 Explorer II | A stainless steel automatic wris…
|
$15,000–20,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 123 |
Reference 1804 Day-Date 'Octopussy' | A white gold, diamond, …
|
$100,000–200,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 179 |
Reference 6429 Commando | A stainless steel wristwatch, Circa…
|
$12,000–24,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 7 |
Reference 116519 Daytona | A white gold chronograph wristwat…
|
$40,000–60,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 124 |
Reference 18138 Day-Date | A yellow gold and diamond-set auto…
|
$40,000–80,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 180 |
Reference 3009 Chronometer 'Scientific' | A yellow gold wrist…
|
$7,000–14,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 125 |
Reference 16528 Daytona ‘Inverted 6’ | Retailed by Tiffany & …
|
$60,000–120,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 181 |
Reference 971 Prince 'Tiger Stripe' | A two-tone white and ye…
|
$10,000–20,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 126 |
Reference 116589SACI Daytona | A white gold, sapphire and dia…
|
$150,000–300,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 182 |
Oyster | Retailed by Perry's: A rare early silver wristwatch …
|
$5,000–10,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 3 |
Reference 126710BLRO GMT-Master II 'Pepsi' | A stainless stee…
|
$10,000–20,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 127 |
No. 65881 | Retailed by Bailey Banks & Biddle Co.: A rare pin…
|
$40,000–80,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 183 |
Reference 116519 Daytona | A white gold automatic chronograph…
|
$25,000–50,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 128 |
Retailed by Bailey Banks & Biddle Co.: A yellow gold open-fac…
|
$20,000–30,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 184 |
Reference 16589 Daytona | A white gold and diamond-set automa…
|
$120,000–240,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 129 |
A yellow gold open-faced keyless chronograph watch, Circa 1950
|
$10,000–20,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 185 |
Reference 151.2.67.S Master Minute Repeater | A limited editi…
|
$60,000–80,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 130 |
Reference 962/1J-001 | A yellow gold open-faced keyless minut…
|
$100,000–200,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
Showing 451–480 of 21,457 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.
Showing 1,24 of 153,811 results (filtered)
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$600.00
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$172.00
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$3,125
A George III white marble, brass and ormolu-mounted seven day mantel chronometer JOHN R. ARNOLD, LONDON, NO.303. CIRCA 1810
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$504.00
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$1,725
A SWISS GOLD AND GEM-SET BRACELET WATCH, THE TWO-COLOUR GOLD RAISED OPENWORK CENTRE EMBELLISHED WITH CHASED FOLIAGE AND FOILED GEM CLUSTER FLOWERHEADS, THE HINGED COVER REVEALING A 19TH CENTURY WATCH, THE VERGE MOVEMENT WITH PIERCED BALANCE COCK, SIGNED ALLIEZ BACHELARD & TEROUX FILS NO. 56140, THE LATER DIAL WITH ROMAN NUMERALS, THE SHAPED OPEN WORK BRACELET WITH CLASP ENSUITE , CIRCA 1840, LENGTH - 18CM.
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$1,000
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$288.00
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$276.00
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$3,750
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$660.00
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$322.00
AN 18CT GOLD POCKETWATCH, THE SLIM HUNTING CASED KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH SWISS EIGHTEEN JEWEL MOVEMENT JEWELLED TO THE CENTRE, THE SILVERED DIAL SIGNED GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS CO LTD, WITH ROMAN NUMERALS AND SUBSIDIARY SECONDS, WITH 9CT GOLD CURBLINK ALBERT AND SWIZZLE STICK ATTACHED.
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$13,750
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$900.00
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$345.00
A LADY'S WHITE GOLD WRISTWATCH, THE 18CT WHITE GOLD CASED SWISS JEWELLED MOVEMENT SIGNED G.& S.CO, THE RECTANGULAR DIAL WITH ARABIC NUMERALS AND OUTER MINUTE CHAPTER, THE CASE EXTERIOR WITH PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION, ON A 9CT WHITE GOLD MESH-LINK BRACELET.
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$25,000
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$840.00
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$2,415
A CARTIER CLIP WATCH, OF RECTANGULAR STEPPED DESIGN, THE SWISS FIFTEEN JEWEL REARWOUND MOVEMENT SIGNED JAEGER, THE RECTANGULAR DIAL SIGNED CARTIER, FRANCE, WITH ROMAN NUMERALS, THE CASE AND HINGED CLIP NUMBERED 24818/5317, WITH FRENCH STANDARD MARKS.
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$3,750
An unusual French brass, copper and brocatelle marble eight day striking clock in the form of a turbine with aneroid barometer and automaton drum DATED 1887
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$288.00
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$14,375
A LADY'S, CARTIER, PLATINUM AND DIAMOND COCKTAIL WATCH, THE NINETEEN JEWEL MOVEMENT BY EUROPEAN WATCH AND CLOCK CO.INC. TO EIGHT ADJUSTMENTS, THE RECTANGULAR DIAL WITH ARABIC NUMERALS SIGNED CARTIER, WITHIN A DIAMOND AND BAGUETTE DIAMOND BEZEL, WITH BAGUETTE-CUT DIAMOND FOUR-STONE SHOULDERS TO THE PIERCED ARTICULATED DIAMOND-SET BRACELET, THE BLACK ENAMELLED DEPLOYANT CLASP WITH DIAMOND COLLET DETAIL, THE CASE AND BEZEL INTERIORS NUMBERED 3977.
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$43,250
A fine and rare Victorian nickel-cased eight day timepiece chronometer carriage clock with prismatic balance FREDERICK DENT, 61 STRAND & 54 ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, NO.1392. CIRCA 1853/1856
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$1,140
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$713.00