Auction results

Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.

150,147

Lots

CHF22,310

Average hammer, USD sales

CHF11,196,685

Record, USD sales

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What watches actually sold for

Every lot below is a completed sale, newest first.

Lot Watch Estimate Result Vs estimate

Rolex 16528

31 recorded sales across 5 houses, 1998 to 2026. US dollar sales only.

+604% median, 1998 to 2026
1998 $9,200 1*
1999 $11,500 1*
2000 $10,925 1*
2001 $9,200 1*
2003 $9,430 1*
2004 $11,500 1*
2005 $11,500 1*
2008 $15,600 3
2012 $16,875 1*
2013 $30,000 1*
2015 $15,625 1*
2017 $25,000 1*
2021 $47,905 3
2022 $44,100 3
2023 $36,850 5
2025 $72,750 4
2026 $64,770 2*

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 1–8 of 281 auction records at Sotheby's. Prices as reported by the auction house, in the sale's original currency.

The most expensive watches ever sold

Curated from publicly documented auction results. Realized prices, hammer plus premium, never asking prices.

01 Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime The Only One Christie's (Only Watch) · Geneva · 2019 $31,190,000

The most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction. A one-off in steel with 20 complications, sold for charity.

Reference6300A-010 Sold2019 In our archive1 sales of this reference
02 Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication The Supercomplication Sotheby's · Geneva · 2014 $23,980,000

Pocket watch with 24 complications, commissioned in 1925. Held the all-time record for years.

Sold2014
03 Rolex Daytona Paul Newman's Paul Newman Phillips · New York · 2017 $17,752,500

Paul Newman's own exotic-dial Daytona, a gift from Joanne Woodward. The most expensive Rolex ever sold.

Reference6239 Sold2017 In our archive443 sales of this reference
04 Patek Philippe 1518 in stainless steel Phillips · Geneva · 2016 $11,136,642Sold again 2025 for $17,616,885

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

Reference1518 Sold2016 In our archive120 sales of this reference Most recent sale$17,616,885 in 2025
05 Rolex Daytona Unicorn The Unicorn Phillips · Geneva · 2018 $5,937,500

The only known white gold manual-wind Daytona. Sold for charity.

Reference6265 Sold2018 In our archive311 sales of this reference
06 Philippe Dufour Grande et Petite Sonnerie No. 1 Phillips · Geneva · 2021 $5,192,082

The first wristwatch by the master finisher, a grande sonnerie minute repeater.

Sold2021
07 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Bao Dai The Bao Dai Phillips · Geneva · 2017 $5,060,427

Black-dial triple calendar moonphase owned by the last emperor of Vietnam.

Reference6062 Sold2017 In our archive84 sales of this reference
08 George Daniels Space Traveller I Space Traveller Sotheby's · London · 2019 $4,561,507

Handmade pocket watch by the greatest watchmaker of the 20th century.

Sold2019
09 Omega Speedmaster Broad Arrow Tropical Broad Arrow Phillips · Geneva · 2021 $3,402,780

First-generation Speedmaster from 1957 with tropical dial, a record for Omega.

Reference2915-1 Sold2021 In our archive7 sales of this reference
10 Rolex GMT-Master Marlon Brando's GMT Phillips · New York · 2019 $1,952,000

Worn by Brando in Apocalypse Now, bezel removed, caseback hand-engraved by Brando.

Reference1675 Sold2019 In our archive749 sales of this reference
11 F.P. Journe Astronomic Souveraine prototype Christie's (Only Watch) · Geneva · 2019 $1,815,000

Steel prototype with 18 complications, sold for charity.

Sold2019
12 Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon Sotheby's · Hong Kong · 2021 $1,542,500

Double-faced grand complication, one of Patek's most complicated wristwatches.

Reference5002R Sold2021 In our archive1 sales of this reference
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Rolex Rolex Ref. 16528 Cosmograph Daytona, "4-Liner", "4 Scritte" · 16528 Marketplace CHF49,027

Rolex Rolex Ref. 16528 Cosmograph Daytona, "4-Liner", "4 Scritte" · 16528

Rolex Ref. 16528 Cosmograph Daytona, "4-Liner", "4 Scritte"

CHF49,027
Aug 4, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref. 16528 Cosmograph Daytona “White Mother-of-Pearl” · 16528 Marketplace CHF61,283

Rolex Rolex Ref. 16528 Cosmograph Daytona “White Mother-of-Pearl” · 16528

Rolex Ref. 16528 Cosmograph Daytona “White Mother-of-Pearl”

CHF61,283
Aug 4, 2026
Rolex Rolex Daytona 16528 39mm 18k yellow gold Black and Golden · 16528 Marketplace

Rolex Rolex Daytona 16528 39mm 18k yellow gold Black and Golden · 16528

Rolex Daytona 16528 39mm 18k yellow gold Black and Golden

N/A
Mar 27, 2026 Pre-owned
Rolex Rolex Daytona 16528 39mm 18k yellow gold Black and White · 16528 Marketplace

Rolex Rolex Daytona 16528 39mm 18k yellow gold Black and White · 16528

Rolex Daytona 16528 39mm 18k yellow gold Black and White

N/A
Mar 27, 2026 Pre-owned
Rolex Rolex Daytona 16528 39mm Yellow gold Black · 16528 Marketplace CHF17,929

Rolex Rolex Daytona 16528 39mm Yellow gold Black · 16528

Rolex Daytona 16528 39mm Yellow gold Black

CHF17,929
Mar 27, 2026 Pre-owned
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