Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
208,074
Lots
$27,384
Average hammer, USD sales
$13,922,000
Record, USD sales
Antiquorum
Top house
40% of lots beat their high estimate and only 11% fell short of the low, across 11,800 completed sales at Sotheby's from 2019 to Aug 2026.
Refreshed weekly, latest sale 6 Aug 2026.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 692 |
Reference 17002 Jumbo | A yellow gold automatic wristwatch, C…
1975 |
$10,000–20,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 715 |
Reference G2860.7 'Mickey Mouse' | A steel and gold Quartz M…
1990 |
$12,000–18,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 712 |
Reference 9236 E47 | A white gold and diamond-set bracelet wa…
1970 |
$10,000–20,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 707 |
Reference G.3614 Retro Classic | A stainless steel and diamon…
1995 |
$8,000–12,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 706 |
Reference AC.6005.28B.M500 Academia Chronographe Séquentiel |…
2010 |
$6,000–12,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 702 |
Reference 3772 A 6 | A white gold, diamond and ruby set wrist…
1975 |
$10,000–20,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 701 |
A white gold bracelet watch with lapis lazuli dial, Circa 1970
1970 |
$10,000–20,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 700 |
Reference 12343 D 2 | A white gold and diamond-set automatic …
1970 |
$12,000–18,000 | 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 41–48 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 208,074 results (filtered)
Auction
$2,500
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$1,750
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$1,750
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$3,000
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$1,375
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$2,500
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$2,750
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$2,750
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$1,375
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$2,750
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$1,875
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$1,875
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$2,875
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$2,250
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$15,000
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$3,375
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$3,125
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$4,130
Auction
$3,620,000
Patek Philippe Ref Ref 3939
Auction
$1,580,000
Patek Philippe Ref Ref 5970
Auction
$836,000
Patek Philippe Ref Ref 5070
Auction
$412,500
Patek Philippe Ref Ref 5038
Auction
$6,020,000
Auction
$1,220,000
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