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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8808 |
Oyster Perpetual Date, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold and s…
Gold and steel · 1984 |
HK$42,000–60,000 | HK$30,720 | -49% |
| 2583 |
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold and stainless stee…
Gold and steel · 1987 |
HK$20,000–40,000 | HK$18,000 | -55% |
| 8698 |
Datejust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold, stainless steel an…
Yellow gold · 1995 |
HK$20,000–40,000 | HK$26,400 | -34% |
| 130 |
Reference 69173 Datejust | A stainless steel and yellow gold …
Gold and steel · Automatic · 1995 |
$5,000–7,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 130 |
Reference 69173 Datejust | A stainless steel and yellow gold …
Gold and steel · Automatic · 1995 |
$5,000–7,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 832 |
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold and stainless steel…
Gold and steel · 1991 |
HK$20,000–30,000 | HK$30,480 | +2% |
| 8888 |
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold and stainless stee…
Gold and steel · 1991 |
HK$30,000–50,000 | HK$30,240 | -40% |
| 8887 |
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold, stainless steel a…
Yellow gold · 1988 |
HK$20,000–30,000 | HK$27,720 | -8% |
| 8213 |
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold and stainless steel…
Gold and steel · 1989 |
HK$16,000–30,000 | HK$25,200 | -16% |
| 334 |
Reference 69173 DateJust | A yellow gold and stainless steel …
Gold and steel · 1991 |
$4,000–6,000 | $7,560 | +26% |
| 336 |
Reference 69173 Datejust | A stainless steel and yellow gold …
Gold and steel · 1986 |
$4,000–6,000 | $6,930 | +16% |
| 335 |
Reference 69173 Datejust | A stainless steel, yellow gold and…
Yellow gold · 1987 |
$4,000–6,000 | $4,788 | -20% |
| 8088 |
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold and stainless steel…
Gold and steel · 1996 |
HK$32,000–48,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 8156 |
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold and stainless steel…
Gold and steel · 1988 |
HK$15,000–20,000 | HK$23,940 | +20% |
| 202 |
Reference 69173 DateJust, A yellow gold, stainless steel and …
Yellow gold · 1986 |
$3,000–5,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 8042 |
DateJust, Reference 69173, A yellow gold and stainless steel …
Gold and steel · 1988 |
HK$40,000–60,000 | HK$69,300 | +16% |
| 8028 |
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold and stainless steel…
Gold and steel · 1988 |
HK$10,000–15,000 | HK$27,720 | +85% |
| 8084 |
ROLEX | DATEJUST, REFERENCE 69173, A YELLOW GOLD AND STAINLES…
Gold and steel · 1988 |
HK$15,000–30,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 8095 |
ROLEX | DATEJUST, REFERENCE 69173, A STAINLESS STEEL AND YELL…
Gold and steel · 1988 |
HK$15,000–30,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
28 recorded sales across 5 houses, 2002 to 2025. 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 1–19 of 19 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 91 results (filtered)
Marketplace
$69,300
DateJust, Reference 69173, A yellow gold and stainless steel wristwatch with date and bracelet, Retailed by Tiffany & Co., Circa 1988 | 勞力士 DateJust 型號69173 黃金及精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期顯示,由 Tiffany & Co. 發行,約1988年製
Marketplace
$18,000
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold and stainless steel wristwatch with date and bracelet, Circa 1987 | 勞力士 | DateJust 型號69173 | 黃金及精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期顯示,約1987年製
Marketplace
$27,720
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold and stainless steel wristwatch with date and bracelet, Circa 1988 | 勞力士 | DateJust 型號69173 | 黃金及精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期顯示,約1988年製
Marketplace
$23,940
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold and stainless steel wristwatch with date and bracelet, Circa 1988 | 勞力士 | DateJust 型號69173 | 黃金及精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期顯示,約1988年製
Marketplace
$25,200
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold and stainless steel wristwatch with date and bracelet, Circa 1989 | 勞力士 | DateJust 型號69173 | 黃金及精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期顯示,約1989年製
Marketplace
$27,720
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold, stainless steel and diamond-set wristwatch with date and bracelet, Circa 1988 | 勞力士 | DateJust 型號69173| 黃金及精鋼鑲鑽石鏈帶腕錶,備日期顯示,約1988年製
Marketplace
$30,240
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold and stainless steel wristwatch with date and bracelet, Circa 1991 | 勞力士 | DateJust 型號69173 | 黃金及精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期顯示,約1991年製
Marketplace
$26,400
Datejust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold, stainless steel and diamond-set wristwatch with date and bracelet, Circa 1995 | 勞力士 | Datejust 型號69173 | 黃金及精鋼鑲鑽石鏈帶腕錶,備日期顯示,約1995年製
Marketplace
$30,720
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$7,560
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$4,788
Reference 69173 Datejust | A stainless steel, yellow gold and diamond-set wristwatch with date, bracelet and sodalite dial, Circa 1987
Marketplace
$6,930
Reference 69173 Datejust | A stainless steel and yellow gold wristwatch with date, bracelet and lapis lazuli dial, Circa 1986
Marketplace
$30,480
DateJust, Reference 69173 | A yellow gold and stainless steel wristwatch with date and bracelet, Circa 1991 | 勞力士 | DateJust 型號69173 | 黃金及精鋼鏈帶腕錶,備日期顯示,約1991年製
Marketplace
$62,500
ROLEX. A PAIR OF STAINLESS STEEL AND GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCHES WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DATE AND BRACELET SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, DATEJUST MODEL, REF. 69173, CASE NO. X160918, CIRCA 1991 AND REF. 68273, CASE NO. T400388, CIRCA 1996
Marketplace
$3,000
ROLEX. A LADY'S STAINLESS STEEL AND GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH DATE AND BRACELET SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, DATEJUST, CASE NO. W948228, REF. NO. 69173, CIRCA 1994
Marketplace
$40,000
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$3,000
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$3,500
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$37,500
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$40,000
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$52,500
Marketplace
$3,276