Auction results

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

150,181

Lots

$27,734

Average hammer, USD sales

$13,922,000

Record, USD sales

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What watches actually sold for

48% of lots beat their high estimate and only 7% fell short of the low, across 148,923 completed sales from 1989 to Aug 2026.

Refreshed weekly, latest sale 28 Aug 2026.

48% above estimate 45% within 7% below
Lot Watch Estimate Result Vs estimate

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 73–80 of 26,523 unsold lots. 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

Showing 49,513,49,536 of 165,718 results

Corum Corum Ref 88 450 56 Meteorite · 88.450.56 Marketplace $3,125

Corum Corum Ref 88 450 56 Meteorite · 88.450.56

Corum Ref 88 450 56 Meteorite

$3,125
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Ref 131 77 09 San Marco · 131 Marketplace $4,125

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Ref 131 77 09 San Marco · 131

Ulysse Nardin Ref 131 77 09 San Marco

$4,125
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Ref 3572 Baignoire · 3572 Marketplace $15,000

Cartier Cartier Ref 3572 Baignoire · 3572

Cartier Ref 3572 Baignoire

$15,000
Aug 21, 2026
Carrera Y Carrera Ref 31405 · 31405 Marketplace $4,000

Carrera Y Carrera Ref 31405 · 31405

Carrera Y Carrera Ref 31405

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Ref 401 032 1815 Chronograph · 401 Marketplace $45,000

A Lange Sohne Ref 401 032 1815 Chronograph · 401

A Lange Sohne Ref 401 032 1815 Chronograph

$45,000
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Ref 401 031 1815 Chronograph · 401 Marketplace $42,500

A Lange Sohne Ref 401 031 1815 Chronograph · 401

A Lange Sohne Ref 401 031 1815 Chronograph

$42,500
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Ref 260 028 Richard Lange Pour Le Merite · 260 Marketplace $68,750

A Lange Sohne Ref 260 028 Richard Lange Pour Le Merite · 260

A Lange Sohne Ref 260 028 Richard Lange Pour Le Merite

$68,750
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Ref 115 026 Grande Lange 1 · 115 Marketplace $40,000

A Lange Sohne Ref 115 026 Grande Lange 1 · 115

A Lange Sohne Ref 115 026 Grande Lange 1

$40,000
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Ref 101 321 Lange 1 · 101 Marketplace $52,500

A Lange Sohne Ref 101 321 Lange 1 · 101

A Lange Sohne Ref 101 321 Lange 1

$52,500
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Ref 2356E Tortue Chronograph Mono Poussoir · 2356E Marketplace $41,250

Cartier Cartier Ref 2356E Tortue Chronograph Mono Poussoir · 2356E

Cartier Ref 2356E Tortue Chronograph Mono Poussoir

$41,250
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25720Pt Star Wheel · 25720PT Marketplace $80,000

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25720Pt Star Wheel · 25720PT

Audemars Piguet Ref 25720Pt Star Wheel

$80,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 2508 · 2508 Marketplace $35,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 2508 · 2508

Rolex Ref 2508

$35,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt · 1675 Marketplace $5,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt · 1675

Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt

$5,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master · 1675 Marketplace $87,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master · 1675

Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master

$87,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6542 Gmt Master · 6542 Marketplace $87,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 6542 Gmt Master · 6542

Rolex Ref 6542 Gmt Master

$87,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master · 1675 Marketplace $27,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master · 1675

Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master

$27,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16760 Gmt Master Ii · 16760 Marketplace $20,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 16760 Gmt Master Ii · 16760

Rolex Ref 16760 Gmt Master Ii

$20,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6305 1 · 6305 Marketplace $8,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 6305 1 · 6305

Rolex Ref 6305 1

$8,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Marketplace $9,375

Rolex Rolex

Rolex

$9,375
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Marketplace $6,875

Rolex Rolex

Rolex

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Marketplace $2,125

Rolex Rolex

Rolex

$2,125
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1802 Day Date · 1802 Marketplace $22,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 1802 Day Date · 1802

Rolex Ref 1802 Day Date

$22,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 18038 18000 Day Date · 18038 Marketplace $15,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 18038 18000 Day Date · 18038

Rolex Ref 18038 18000 Day Date

$15,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 Daytona · 116520 Marketplace $75,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 Daytona · 116520

Rolex Ref 116520 Daytona

$75,000
Aug 21, 2026
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