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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 383 |
Reference 4134/910 Ellipse | A yellow gold and diamond-set br…
Yellow gold · 1980 |
$6,000–9,000 | $15,360 | +71% |
| 567 |
Reference 9120 AR6 | A white gold bracelet watch with onyx an…
White gold · 1970 |
$8,000–12,000 | $15,360 | +28% |
| 394 |
Reference 216570 Explorer II | A stainless steel automatic du…
Steel · Automatic · 2020 |
$6,000–9,000 | $15,360 | +71% |
| 657 |
Reference 2481 Calatrava | A yellow gold wristwatch, Circa 19…
Yellow gold · 1955 |
$12,000–18,000 | $15,360 | -15% |
| 662 |
Reference 2051-1 | A white gold dual time zone bracelet watch…
White gold · 1970 |
$10,000–20,000 | $15,360 | -23% |
| 431 |
No. 2119 | A very rare yellow gold oval ring thermometer, Sol…
Yellow gold |
$6,000–12,000 | $14,080 | +17% |
| 444 |
Reference 2592 Calatrava | Retailed by Gübelin: A yellow gold…
Yellow gold · 1960 |
$7,000–12,000 | $14,080 | +17% |
| 301 |
A watch tool kit by Scatola del Tempo accompanied by a cap, C…
2025 |
$3,000–6,000 | $14,080 | +135% |
Showing 137–144 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 160,873,160,896 of 165,718 results (filtered)
Marketplace
$762,000
Marketplace
$33,020
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$33,020
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$139,700
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$139,700
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$381,000
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$228,600
Marketplace
$27,940
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$273,050
Marketplace
$165,100
Marketplace
$114,300
Marketplace
$673,100
Marketplace
$15,240
Marketplace
$7,620
Marketplace
$30,480
Marketplace
$8,890
Marketplace
$139,700
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$114,300
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$139,700
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$101,600
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$203,200
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$127,000
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$50,800