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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9006 |
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch w…
|
HK$42,000–60,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 8988 |
Day-Date, Reference 1806 | A yellow gold wristwatch with day …
|
HK$42,000–80,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 8989 |
DateJust, Reference 1601 | A yellow gold wristwatch with date…
|
HK$60,000–80,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 8990 |
Oyster Perpetual Date, Reference 1507 | A yellow gold wristwa…
|
HK$65,000–120,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 8991 |
Datejust “Brown Ghost”, Reference 1601 | A pink gold wristwat…
|
HK$140,000–200,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 8992 |
Datejust, Reference 69178 | A yellow gold wristwatch with dat…
|
HK$32,000–48,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 8993 |
Day-Date, Reference 18238 | A yellow gold and diamond-set wri…
|
HK$100,000–200,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 8994 |
DateJust, Reference 6917 | A yellow gold wristwatch with date…
|
HK$60,000–80,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 8995 |
GMT-Master II, Reference 16713 | A yellow gold and stainless …
|
HK$60,000–80,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 8996 |
Day-Date, Reference 118235 | An Everose gold and diamond-set …
|
HK$140,000–240,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 8997 |
DateJust, Reference 16014 | A stainless steel wristwatch with…
|
HK$120,000–200,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 8998 |
Datejust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold, stainless steel an…
|
HK$16,000–24,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 8999 |
Datejust, Reference 69178 | A yellow gold and diamond-set wri…
|
HK$50,000–80,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9000 |
Datejust, Reference 6517 | A white gold wristwatch with date,…
|
HK$30,000–50,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9001 |
Datejust, Reference 116231 | A pink gold and stainless steel …
|
HK$42,000–60,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9002 |
Yacht-Master, Reference 168622 | A stainless steel and platin…
|
HK$42,000–60,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9003 |
Cosmograph Daytona “Zenith Four-Liner”, Reference 16523 | A y…
|
HK$100,000–200,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9004 |
Yacht-Master, Reference 16622 | A stainless steel and platinu…
|
HK$50,000–80,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9005 |
Cosmograph Daytona, Reference 116520 | A stainless steel chro…
|
HK$150,000–260,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9015 |
Submariner, Reference 5513 | A stainless steel wristwatch wit…
|
HK$70,000–140,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 8950 |
Reference 80440 | A limited edition stainless steel and diamo…
|
HK$30,000–50,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9022 |
Submariner ‘Meters First’, Reference 5513 | A stainless steel…
|
HK$90,000–150,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9021 |
Datejust, Reference 116234 | A stainless steel diamond-set wr…
|
HK$60,000–80,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9020 |
Oysterquartz Datejust, Reference 17013 | A yellow gold and st…
|
HK$50,000–80,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9019 |
Datejust Turn-O-Graph, Reference 116261 | A pink gold and sta…
|
HK$20,000–40,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9018 |
Oysterquartz Datejust, Reference 17013 | A yellow gold and st…
|
HK$50,000–80,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9017 |
Datejust, Reference 1601 | A stainless steel wristwatch with …
|
HK$42,000–60,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9016 |
Sea-Dweller, Reference 126603 | A yellow gold and stainless s…
|
HK$100,000–200,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9008 |
GMT-Master "Pepsi", Reference 16750 | A stainless steel dual …
|
HK$80,000–120,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 9010 |
Datejust “Khanjar”, Reference 1601 | A yellow gold and stainl…
|
HK$80,000–120,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
Showing 1–30 of 52,920 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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