Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
150,147
Lots
¥4,419,834
Average hammer, USD sales
¥2,218,153,724
Record, USD sales
Antiquorum
Top house
Every lot below is a completed sale, newest first.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2159 |
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch w…
Steel · 2004 |
HK$60,000–100,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 389 |
Explorer II '22 Special Air Service', reference 216570 Mon…
Steel · 2012 |
€20,000–40,000 | €33,020 | -17% |
| 390 |
Explorer II, reference 16570 Montre bracelet en acier ave…
Steel · 1997 |
€5,000–10,000 | €7,620 | -24% |
| 392 |
Explorer II, reference 16570, stainless steel wristwatch with…
Steel · 1994 |
€6,000–10,000 | €7,620 | -24% |
| 8767 |
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch w…
Steel · 1993 |
HK$60,000–80,000 | HK$76,200 | -5% |
| 486 |
Reference 16570 Explorer II | A stainless steel automatic dua…
Steel · Automatic · 1996 |
$5,000–15,000 | $16,800 | +12% |
| 553 |
Reference 216570 Explorer II | A stainless steel automatic du…
Steel · Automatic · 2016 |
$8,000–12,000 | $11,400 | -5% |
| 552 |
Reference 16570 Explorer II | A stainless steel automatic dua…
Steel · Automatic · 2013 |
$8,000–12,000 | $9,600 | -20% |
52 recorded sales across 6 houses, 1998 to 2026. US dollar sales only.
Bar shows the full range of prices paid that year; the mark is the median. Median rather than average, so one exceptional lot does not distort the year. * Years marked with an asterisk have fewer than three recorded sales, too few to read as a market level.
Showing 9–16 of 139 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 263 results (filtered)
Marketplace
¥11,041,377
Rolex | Explorer II, Reference 16570, A stainless steel wristwatch with bracelet, date and 24 hour indication, Circa 2009 | 勞力士 | Explorer II 型號16570 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期及24小時顯示,約2009年製
Marketplace
¥1,405,266
Explorer II, Ref. 16570 Montre bracelet en acier avec indication 24 heures, date et bracelet | Stainless steel wristwatch with 24 hour indication, date and bracelet Vers 2000 | Circa 2000
Marketplace
¥11,041,377
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch with 24-hour indication, date and bracelet, Circa 2001 | 勞力士 Explorer II 型號16570 | 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備24小時及日期顯示,約2001年製
Marketplace
¥13,152,463
Explorer II, Reference 216570 | A stainless steel wristwatch with date, 24 hours indication and bracelet, Circa 2016 | 勞力士 | Explorer II 型號216570 | 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期及24小時顯示,約2016年製
Marketplace
¥11,129,007
Explorer II, Reference 216570 | A stainless steel wristwatch with date, 24 hours indication and bracelet, Circa 2012 | 勞力士 | Explorer II 型號216570 | 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期及24小時顯示,約2012年製
Marketplace
¥12,045,139
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch with 24 hours indication, date and bracelet, Circa 2007 | 勞力士 | Explorer II 型號16570 | 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備24小時及日期顯示,約2007年製
Marketplace
¥30,112,847
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch with 24 hours indication, date, bracelet and cream dial, Circa 1997 | 勞力士 | Explorer II 型號16570 | 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備24小時、日期顯示及忌廉色錶盤,約1997年製
Marketplace
¥12,140,735
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch with date, 24 hours indication and bracelet, Circa 1993 | 勞力士 | Explorer II 型號16570 | 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期及24小時顯示,約1993年製
Marketplace
¥12,045,139
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch with 24 hours indication, date and bracelet, Circa 1989 | 勞力士 | Explorer II 型號16570 | 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備24小時及日期顯示,約1989年製
Marketplace
¥13,048,900
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch with 24 hour indication, date and bracelet, Circa 1999 | 勞力士 | Explorer II 型號16570 | 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備24小時及日期顯示,約1999年製
Marketplace
¥13,048,900
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch with 24 hours indication, date and bracelet, Circa 1997 | 勞力士 | Explorer II | 型號16570 | 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備24小時及日期顯示,約1997年製
Marketplace
¥11,216,637
Explorer II “Polar Swiss Only”, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel dual time wristwatch with date and bracelet, Circa 1999
Marketplace
¥14,052,662
Explorer II, Reference 216570 | A brand new stainless steel wristwatch with date, 24 hours indication and bracelet, Circa 2017 | 勞力士 | Explorer II 型號216570 | 全新精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期及24小時顯示,約2017年製
Marketplace
¥20,075,231
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch with date, 24 hours indication and bracelet, Circa 1993 | 勞力士 | Explorer II 型號16570 | 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期及24小時顯示,約1993年製
Marketplace
¥13,383,487
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch with date, 24 hour indication and bracelet, Circa 2005 | 勞力士 | Explorer II, 型號16570 | 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期及24小時顯示,約2005年製
Marketplace
¥1,214,074
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel dual time zone wristwatch with date, 24 hour indication and bracelet | Circa 1997
Marketplace
¥1,505,642
Marketplace
¥1,427,572
Marketplace
¥1,325,603
Marketplace
¥2,447,266
Marketplace
¥1,112,901
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel dual time zone wristwatch with date, 24 hour indication and bracelet | Circa 1997
Marketplace
¥2,208,275
Reference 216570 Explorer II | A stainless steel automatic wristwatch with date, 24 hours indication and bracelet, Circa 2010
Marketplace
¥1,405,266
Reference 16570 Explorer II 'Polar' | A stainless steel dual time zone wristwatch with date, 24-hour indication and bracelet, Circa 1999
Marketplace
¥2,007,523
Reference 16570 Explorer II | A stainless steel dual time zone wristwatch with date, 24-hour indication and bracelet, Circa 2005