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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 541 |
Reference W2SA0009 Santos | A yellow gold and stainless steel…
Gold and steel · Automatic · 2023 |
$6,000–12,000 | $10,240 | -15% |
| 375 |
Reference 950B | A yellow gold 1887 Eagle coin wristwatch, Ci…
Yellow gold · 1970 |
$8,000–16,000 | $10,240 | -36% |
| 566 |
Reference 7956 | A white gold and diamond-set bracelet watch …
White gold · 1973 |
$4,000–8,000 | $10,240 | +28% |
| 586 |
Reference 3548 Ellipse | A white gold wristwatch, Circa 1968
White gold · 1968 |
$8,000–16,000 | $10,240 | -36% |
| 594 |
Reference 1491HS Prince Brancard | A stainless steel rectangu…
Steel · 1926 |
$4,000–8,000 | $10,240 | +28% |
| 663 |
A white gold bracelet watch with mother-of-pearl dial, Circa …
White gold · 1995 |
$8,000–16,000 | $10,240 | -36% |
| 678 |
Reference 1461 Calatrava | A stainless steel and yellow gold …
Gold and steel · 1942 |
$8,000–16,000 | $10,240 | -36% |
| 684 |
Reference 5112 | A white gold automatic wristwatch, Circa 1955
White gold · Automatic · 1955 |
$7,000–12,000 | $10,240 | -15% |
Showing 201–208 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.
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$358.00
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$832.00
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$333.00
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$1,024
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$1,088
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$2,048
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$832.00
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$218.00
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$1,920
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$159,500
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$1,980
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$4,840
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$1,430
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$13,750
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$3,740
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$2,200
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$80,301
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$161,480
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$27,999
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$16,498
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$38,500
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$32,464
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$15,400