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

Antiquorum

Top house

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 49,585,49,608 of 165,718 results

IWC Iwc Yacht Club Yacht Club Marketplace $6,250

IWC Iwc Yacht Club Yacht Club

Iwc Yacht Club Yacht Club

$6,250
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref Ba 5388 296 Octagon Marketplace $3,750

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref Ba 5388 296 Octagon

Audemars Piguet Ref Ba 5388 296 Octagon

$3,750
Aug 21, 2026
Piaget Piaget Ref 74121A8 · 74121A8 Marketplace $2,750

Piaget Piaget Ref 74121A8 · 74121A8

Piaget Ref 74121A8

$2,750
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 354 4003 Constellation · 354 Marketplace $3,750

Omega Omega Ref 354 4003 Constellation · 354

Omega Ref 354 4003 Constellation

$3,750
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref 228 Portuguese · 228 Marketplace $17,500

IWC Iwc Ref 228 Portuguese · 228

Iwc Ref 228 Portuguese

$17,500
Aug 21, 2026
Gallet Marketplace $4,000

Gallet

Gallet

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Marketplace $4,000

Longines Longines

Longines

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
Eberhard Co Marketplace $20,000

Eberhard Co

Eberhard Co

$20,000
Aug 21, 2026
Gubelin Marketplace $47,500

Gubelin

Gubelin

$47,500
Aug 21, 2026
Breguet Breguet Type Xx Marketplace $16,250

Breguet Breguet Type Xx

Breguet Type Xx

$16,250
Aug 21, 2026
Blancpain Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Marketplace $40,000

Blancpain Blancpain Fifty Fathoms

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms

$40,000
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 1765 Unitime · 1765 Marketplace $8,125

Breitling Breitling Ref 1765 Unitime · 1765

Breitling Ref 1765 Unitime

$8,125
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 2610 Unitime · 2610 Marketplace $6,875

Breitling Breitling Ref 2610 Unitime · 2610

Breitling Ref 2610 Unitime

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Blancpain Blancpain Bathyscaphe Marketplace $13,750

Blancpain Blancpain Bathyscaphe

Blancpain Bathyscaphe

$13,750
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Heuer Ref 2547N Carrera 12 Dato · 2547N Marketplace $7,500

Heuer Heuer Ref 2547N Carrera 12 Dato · 2547N

Heuer Ref 2547N Carrera 12 Dato

$7,500
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Heuer Ref 150 511 Monza · 150 Marketplace $3,250

Heuer Heuer Ref 150 511 Monza · 150

Heuer Ref 150 511 Monza

$3,250
Aug 21, 2026
Lecoultre Marketplace $5,500

Lecoultre

Lecoultre

$5,500
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Heuer Ref 3647 Carrera · 3647 Marketplace $3,500

Heuer Heuer Ref 3647 Carrera · 3647

Heuer Ref 3647 Carrera

$3,500
Aug 21, 2026
Enicar Enicar Ref 072 02 01 Sherpa Graph · 072 Marketplace $5,875

Enicar Enicar Ref 072 02 01 Sherpa Graph · 072

Enicar Ref 072 02 01 Sherpa Graph

$5,875
Aug 21, 2026
Doxa Doxa Ref 11889 4 Sub 300 Searambler · 11889 Marketplace $3,000

Doxa Doxa Ref 11889 4 Sub 300 Searambler · 11889

Doxa Ref 11889 4 Sub 300 Searambler

$3,000
Aug 21, 2026
Lemania Marketplace $5,250

Lemania

Lemania

$5,250
Aug 21, 2026
Tissot Omega Tissot Marketplace $4,625

Tissot Omega Tissot

Omega Tissot

$4,625
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 760 · 760 Marketplace $3,750

Breitling Breitling Ref 760 · 760

Breitling Ref 760

$3,750
Aug 21, 2026
Constant Piguet Carillon Marketplace $27,500

Constant Piguet Carillon

Constant Piguet Carillon

$27,500
Aug 21, 2026
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