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

$27,751

Average hammer, USD sales

$13,922,000

Record, USD sales

Antiquorum

Top house

What watches actually sold for

49% of lots beat their high estimate and only 7% fell short of the low, across 121,852 completed sales from 1989 to Aug 2026.

Refreshed weekly, latest sale 21 Aug 2026.

49% above estimate 44% within 7% below
Lot Watch Estimate Result Vs estimate

These watches were catalogued and offered at auction, but the house does not publish what they sold for. The estimate is what the specialists expected them to make.

Showing 81–88 of 13,294 lots with prices not disclosed. 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 archive442 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 archive58 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 archive310 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 archive742 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 48,409,48,432 of 165,290 results

Longines Longines Ref 7412 · 7412 Marketplace $2,500

Longines Longines Ref 7412 · 7412

Longines Ref 7412

$2,500
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Marketplace $4,500

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe

Patek Philippe

$4,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 3133 Oyster Perpetual Certified Chronometer So Called Bubble Back · 3133 Marketplace $40,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 3133 Oyster Perpetual Certified Chronometer So Called Bubble Back · 3133

Rolex Ref 3133 Oyster Perpetual Certified Chronometer So Called Bubble Back

$40,000
Aug 21, 2026
Lemania Automatic Dive Watch Marketplace $3,001

Lemania Automatic Dive Watch

Lemania Automatic Dive Watch

$3,001
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25829Pt O 0944Pt 01 Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Skeleton · 25829PT Marketplace $442,000

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25829Pt O 0944Pt 01 Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Skeleton · 25829PT

Audemars Piguet Ref 25829Pt O 0944Pt 01 Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Skeleton

$442,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
E Lecoultre Marketplace $4,500

E Lecoultre

E Lecoultre

$4,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 Daytona · 116520 Marketplace $187,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 Daytona · 116520

Rolex Ref 116520 Daytona

$187,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3800 1 Nautilus · 3800 Marketplace $58,500

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3800 1 Nautilus · 3800

Patek Philippe Ref 3800 1 Nautilus

$58,500
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Ref 5966 4 · 5966 Marketplace $3,500

Longines Longines Ref 5966 4 · 5966

Longines Ref 5966 4

$3,500
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 2486 · 2486 Marketplace $5,750

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 2486 · 2486

Patek Philippe Ref 2486

$5,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 4220 Oyster Speedking Precision · 4220 Marketplace $20,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 4220 Oyster Speedking Precision · 4220

Rolex Ref 4220 Oyster Speedking Precision

$20,000
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Ref 2650 Santos Dumont · 2650 Marketplace $7,830

Cartier Cartier Ref 2650 Santos Dumont · 2650

Cartier Ref 2650 Santos Dumont

$7,830
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116718Ln Gmt Master Ii · 116718LN Marketplace $78,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 116718Ln Gmt Master Ii · 116718LN

Rolex Ref 116718Ln Gmt Master Ii

$78,000
Aug 21, 2026
Movado Movado Marketplace $3,000

Movado Movado

Movado

$3,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16523 Daytona · 16523 Marketplace $175,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 16523 Daytona · 16523

Rolex Ref 16523 Daytona

$175,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5004P 033 · 5004P Marketplace $377,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5004P 033 · 5004P

Patek Philippe Ref 5004P 033

$377,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Marketplace $2,750

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin

$2,750
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Marketplace $6,500

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe

Patek Philippe

$6,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 8405 Officially Chronometer Certified · 8405 Marketplace $57,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 8405 Officially Chronometer Certified · 8405

Rolex Ref 8405 Officially Chronometer Certified

$57,500
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Heuer Ref 2446T Autavia · 2446T Marketplace $12,789

Heuer Heuer Ref 2446T Autavia · 2446T

Heuer Ref 2446T Autavia

$12,789
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3800 001 Nautilus · 3800 Marketplace $260,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3800 001 Nautilus · 3800

Patek Philippe Ref 3800 001 Nautilus

$260,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Ernest Guinand Marketplace $42,500

Ernest Guinand

Ernest Guinand

$42,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16519 Daytona · 16519 Marketplace $250,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 16519 Daytona · 16519

Rolex Ref 16519 Daytona

$250,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5035 R 023 Annual Calendar · 5035 Marketplace $26,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5035 R 023 Annual Calendar · 5035

Patek Philippe Ref 5035 R 023 Annual Calendar

$26,000
Aug 21, 2026
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