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
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Every lot below is a completed sale, newest first.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 705 |
Reference H2025 J12 | A black ceramic and diamond-set automat…
Ceramic · Automatic · 2007 |
$10,000–15,000 | $15,360 | +2% |
| 467 |
Royal Oak | A stainless steel, yellow gold and diamond-set wr…
Yellow gold · 1990 |
$8,000–16,000 | $15,360 | -4% |
| 468 |
Reference 4100 SA Royal Oak | A stainless steel and yellow go…
Gold and steel · Automatic · 1980 |
$10,000–20,000 | $15,360 | -23% |
| 490 |
Reference 2571 Himalia | A white gold and diamond-set wristwa…
White gold · 2003 |
$12,000–24,000 | $15,360 | -36% |
| 330 |
A white gold mechanical square tortoise shape wristwatch, Cir…
White gold · Manual · 1930 |
$12,000–18,000 | $15,360 | -15% |
| 514 |
Reference 3738 Ellipse | A yellow gold wristwatch, Circa 1978
Yellow gold · 1978 |
$12,000–18,000 | $15,360 | -15% |
| 367 |
Reference 7131 C 705 Polo | A yellow gold and diamond-set rec…
Yellow gold · 1979 |
$10,000–20,000 | $15,360 | -23% |
| 560 |
Tank Obus | A yellow gold wristwatch, Circa 1920s
Yellow gold · 1925 |
$8,000–12,000 | $15,360 | +28% |
Showing 129–136 of 51,394 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 160,969,160,992 of 165,718 results (filtered)
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$8,318,500
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$21,590
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$279,400
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$78,740
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$127,000
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$431,800
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$1,270,000
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$406,400
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$95,250
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$60,960
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$60,960
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$342,900
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$13,970
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$15,240
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$317,500
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$60,960
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$17,780
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$53,340
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$812,800
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$34,290
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$91,440
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$444,500
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$241,300