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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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 81–88 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 49,993,50,016 of 165,718 results

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25654Sa Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar · 25654SA Marketplace $163,125

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25654Sa Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar · 25654SA

Audemars Piguet Ref 25654Sa Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar

$163,125 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 5402St Royal Oak · 5402ST Marketplace $150,075

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 5402St Royal Oak · 5402ST

Audemars Piguet Ref 5402St Royal Oak

$150,075 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3700 011A Nautilus · 3700 Marketplace $150,075

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3700 011A Nautilus · 3700

Patek Philippe Ref 3700 011A Nautilus

$150,075 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25820Ba Royal Oak · 25820BA Marketplace $182,700

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25820Ba Royal Oak · 25820BA

Audemars Piguet Ref 25820Ba Royal Oak

$182,700 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6234 Pre Daytona Chronograph · 6234 Marketplace $41,760

Rolex Rolex Ref 6234 Pre Daytona Chronograph · 6234

Rolex Ref 6234 Pre Daytona Chronograph

$41,760
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6238 Rolex Chronograph · 6238 Marketplace $44,370

Rolex Rolex Ref 6238 Rolex Chronograph · 6238

Rolex Ref 6238 Rolex Chronograph

$44,370
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 Daytona · 116520 Marketplace $45,675

Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 Daytona · 116520

Rolex Ref 116520 Daytona

$45,675
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16518 Daytona · 16518 Marketplace $39,150

Rolex Rolex Ref 16518 Daytona · 16518

Rolex Ref 16518 Daytona

$39,150
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 5402Ba Royal Oak Jumbo · 5402BA Marketplace $195,750

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 5402Ba Royal Oak Jumbo · 5402BA

Audemars Piguet Ref 5402Ba Royal Oak Jumbo

$195,750 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 15100St Oo 0789St 01 Royal Oak · 15100ST Marketplace $58,725

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 15100St Oo 0789St 01 Royal Oak · 15100ST

Audemars Piguet Ref 15100St Oo 0789St 01 Royal Oak

$58,725
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3800 1 Nautilus · 3800 Marketplace $49,590

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3800 1 Nautilus · 3800

Patek Philippe Ref 3800 1 Nautilus

$49,590
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6262 Daytona · 6262 Marketplace $62,640

Rolex Rolex Ref 6262 Daytona · 6262

Rolex Ref 6262 Daytona

$62,640
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6265 Daytona · 6265 Marketplace $58,725

Rolex Rolex Ref 6265 Daytona · 6265

Rolex Ref 6265 Daytona

$58,725
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6034 Pre Daytona Chronograph · 6034 Marketplace $65,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 6034 Pre Daytona Chronograph · 6034

Rolex Ref 6034 Pre Daytona Chronograph

$65,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 Daytona · 6263 Marketplace $96,570

Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 Daytona · 6263

Rolex Ref 6263 Daytona

$96,570
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5712G Nautilus · 5712G Marketplace $84,825

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5712G Nautilus · 5712G

Patek Philippe Ref 5712G Nautilus

$84,825
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 Daytona · 6263 Marketplace $130,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 Daytona · 6263

Rolex Ref 6263 Daytona

$130,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5065A Aquanaut · 5065A Marketplace $60,030

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5065A Aquanaut · 5065A

Patek Philippe Ref 5065A Aquanaut

$60,030
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5165A 001 Aquanaut · 5165A Marketplace $58,725

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5165A 001 Aquanaut · 5165A

Patek Philippe Ref 5165A 001 Aquanaut

$58,725
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3971 Ej Perpetual Calendar · 3971 Marketplace $182,700

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3971 Ej Perpetual Calendar · 3971

Patek Philippe Ref 3971 Ej Perpetual Calendar

$182,700 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Helvetia Marketplace $715.00

Helvetia

Helvetia

$715.00
Aug 21, 2026
Charles Gigandet Marketplace $1,950

Charles Gigandet

Charles Gigandet

$1,950
Aug 21, 2026
Cyma Ref 1261 Time O Vox Cymaflex · 1261 Marketplace $2,600

Cyma Ref 1261 Time O Vox Cymaflex · 1261

Cyma Ref 1261 Time O Vox Cymaflex

$2,600
Aug 21, 2026
Doxa Doxa Marketplace $1,560

Doxa Doxa

Doxa

$1,560
Aug 21, 2026
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