Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
150,147
Lots
$27,741
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 348 |
Reference 9850 D71 Esclave | Retailed by Van Cleef & Arpels: …
Yellow gold · 1970 |
$20,000–40,000 | $32,000 | -20% |
| 723 |
Oyster 'Military' | A set of three Rolex cushion case mechani…
Manual · 1925 |
$6,000–9,000 | $28,160 | +213% |
| 474 |
Reference 16518 'Zenith' Daytona | A yellow gold and diamond-…
Yellow gold · Automatic · 1997 |
$20,000–30,000 | $28,160 | -6% |
| 486 |
Reference 18239 Day-Date | A white gold automatic wristwatch …
White gold · Automatic · 1999 |
$18,000–28,000 | $28,160 | +1% |
| 497 |
Retailed by Tiffany & Co.: A yellow gold, demantoid and diamo…
Yellow gold · Manual · 1902 |
$7,000–14,000 | $28,160 | +101% |
| 317 |
Reference 115.031 Grand Lange 1 | A pink gold wristwatch with…
Rose gold · 2005 |
$20,000–40,000 | $28,160 | -30% |
| 329 |
A rare white gold and enamel wristwatch, Circa 1925
White gold · 1925 |
$7,000–10,000 | $28,160 | +182% |
| 333 |
Reference 6542 GMT Master | A stainless steel automatic dual …
Steel · Automatic · 1958 |
$20,000–40,000 | $28,160 | -30% |
Showing 41–48 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 161,185,161,208 of 165,684 results (filtered)
Marketplace
$406,400
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$444,500
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$609,600
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$1,333,500
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$1,524,000
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$863,600
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$635,000
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$304,800
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$1,270,000
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$4,318,000
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$203,200
Marketplace
$279,400
Marketplace
$762,000
Marketplace
$508,000
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$457,200
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$406,400
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$406,400
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$355,600
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$228,600
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$120,650
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$101,600
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$114,300
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$279,400