Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
150,147
Lots
$27,743
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 |
Reference 16528 'Floating Cosmograph Zenith' Daytona | An ear…
Yellow gold · Automatic · 1989 |
$40,000–80,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 119 |
Reference 16528 'Inverted 6 Zenith' Daytona | A yellow gold a…
Yellow gold · 1992 |
$30,000–50,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 125 |
Reference 16528 Daytona ‘Inverted 6’ | Retailed by Tiffany & …
Yellow gold · Automatic · 1989 |
$60,000–120,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 5 |
Reference 16528 'Floating Cosmograph Zenith' Daytona | An ear…
Yellow gold · Automatic · 1988 |
$30,000–60,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 119 |
Reference 16528 'Inverted 6 Zenith' Daytona | A yellow gold a…
Yellow gold · 1992 |
$30,000–50,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 125 |
Reference 16528 Daytona ‘Inverted 6’ | Retailed by Tiffany & …
Yellow gold · Automatic · 1989 |
$60,000–120,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 119 |
Reference 16528 'Inverted 6 Zenith' Daytona | A yellow gold a…
Yellow gold · 1992 |
$30,000–50,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 125 |
Reference 16528 Daytona ‘Inverted 6’ | Retailed by Tiffany & …
Yellow gold · Automatic · 1989 |
$60,000–120,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
31 recorded sales across 5 houses, 1998 to 2026. 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 1–8 of 281 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 49,72 of 220 results (filtered)
Marketplace
$302,400
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$52,500
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$50,400
ROLEX. A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET, MOTHER-OF-PEARL DIAL AND BOX SIGNED ROLEX, DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 16528, CASE NO. A829053, CIRCA 1999
Marketplace
$56,700
ROLEX. A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET, 'FLOATING' COSMOGRAPH DIAL AND BOX SIGNED ROLEX, DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 16528, CASE E322859, CIRCA 1990
Marketplace
$52,500
ROLEX. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND VERY IMPORTANT 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET, BLACK DIAL WITH INVERTED 6, EARLY SERIAL NUMBER SIGNED ROLEX, DAYTONA, REF. 116528, CASE NO. A966485, CIRCA 1999
Marketplace
$106,250
ROLEX. A VERY RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH “PORCELAIN” “FLOATING” COSMOGRAPH DIAL AND BRACELET SIGNED ROLEX, DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 16528, CASE NO. L424657, CIRCA 1989
Marketplace
$44,100
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$30,240
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$75,600
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$44,100
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$756,000
ROLEX. A RARE 18K GOLD, EMERALD AND DIAMOND-SET AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 16528, CIRCA 1995
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$40,320
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$20,000
ROLEX. AN 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, "COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA", CASE NO. K813636, REF. 116528, CIRCA 2000
Marketplace
$37,500
ROLEX. AN 18K GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET, GUARANTEE, ADDITIONAL DIAL AND BOX SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 16528, CASE NO. U371661, CIRCA 1997
Marketplace
$212,500
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$3,000,000
ROLEX. AN EXTREMELY RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET AND EXCLUSIVE BLUE DIAL DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 16528, CIRCA 1991
Marketplace
$225,000
ROLEX. AN 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 16528, CASE. T351829, CIRCA 1996
Marketplace
$27,500
ROLEX. A VERY FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET, ORIGINAL GUARANTEE AND BOX SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA, REF. 116528, CASE NO. Z165266, CIRCA 2006
Marketplace
$37,500
ROLEX. A VERY FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BLACK FOUR LINE INVERTED 6 DIAL AND BRACELET SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA, REF. 16528, CASE NO. L236094, CIRCA 1989
Marketplace
$25,000
ROLEX. A FINE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET AND BOX SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, CHRONOGRAPH, DAYTONA, REF. 16528, CASE NO. N430285, CIRCA 1992
Marketplace
$50,000
ROLEX. A VERY FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, COSMOGRAPH, DAYTONA, REF. 16528, CASE NO. R985754, CIRCA 1988
Marketplace
$1,375,000
ROLEX. A VERY RARE AND FINE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET AND PORCELAIN “ FLOATING ” COSMOGRAPH DIAL SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 16528, CASE NO. R985336, CIRCA 1989
Marketplace
$375,000
ROLEX. A FINE AND VERY RARE 18K GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET AND“FOUR-LINE” DIAL SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA MODEL, REF. 16528, CASE NO. L235978, CIRCA 1989
Marketplace
$16,800
ROLEX. AN 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH WRISTWATCH WITH BRACELET SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, "COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA", CASE NO. K813685, REF. 116528, CIRCA 2000