Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
150,827
Lots
HK$217,495
Average hammer, USD sales
HK$109,210,892
Record, USD sales
Antiquorum
Top house
Every lot below is a completed sale, newest first.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 197 |
Reference 130 | A unique pink gold chronograph wristwatch, Ci…
Rose gold · 1948 |
$50,000–100,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 198 |
Reference 565 Calatrava | Retailed by Le Palais Royal, Habana…
Rose gold · 1949 |
$20,000–40,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 199 |
Reference 2597J Calatrava 'The first series Travel-Time' | A …
Yellow gold · Manual · 1960 |
$70,000–140,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 200 |
Reference 3428 | A yellow gold automatic wristwatch with enam…
Yellow gold · Automatic · 1962 |
$40,000–80,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 201 |
Reference 2552 'Disco Volante' | A yellow gold automatic wris…
Yellow gold · Automatic · 1957 |
$15,000–30,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 202 |
Reference 2764 'Bubbleback' | Retailed by Serpico y Laino: A …
Steel · Automatic · 1941 |
$6,000–12,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 203 |
Reference 3353 Oyster Perpetual 'Scalloped' | A stainless ste…
Steel · Automatic · 1935 |
$7,000–14,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 204 |
Reference 4130 'Empire' | A rare pink gold bubble-back automa…
Rose gold · Automatic · 1948 |
$7,000–14,000 | 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 145–152 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
HK$2,808
Marketplace
HK$6,527
Marketplace
HK$2,612
Marketplace
HK$8,033
Marketplace
HK$8,535
Marketplace
HK$16,066
Marketplace
HK$6,527
Marketplace
HK$1,710
Marketplace
HK$15,061
Marketplace
HK$1,251,195
Marketplace
HK$15,532
Marketplace
HK$37,967
Marketplace
HK$11,218
Marketplace
HK$107,862
Marketplace
HK$29,338
Marketplace
HK$17,258
Marketplace
HK$629,920
Marketplace
HK$1,266,727
Marketplace
HK$219,638
Marketplace
HK$129,418
Marketplace
HK$302,013
Marketplace
HK$254,663
Marketplace
HK$120,805
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