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 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 89–96 of 13,973 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 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 49,921,49,944 of 165,718 results

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 240 8 15 Reverso Grande Taille · 240 Marketplace $37,500

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 240 8 15 Reverso Grande Taille · 240

Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 240 8 15 Reverso Grande Taille

$37,500
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Montre De Poche Couteau Marketplace $52,500

Cartier Cartier Montre De Poche Couteau

Cartier Montre De Poche Couteau

$52,500
Aug 21, 2026
Niton Marketplace $175,000

Niton

Niton

$175,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Reversible Cabriolet Marketplace $60,000

Cartier Cartier Reversible Cabriolet

Cartier Reversible Cabriolet

$60,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 15000 Oyster Perpetual Date Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified · 15000 Marketplace $35,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 15000 Oyster Perpetual Date Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified · 15000

Rolex Ref 15000 Oyster Perpetual Date Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified

$35,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16000 Oyster Perpetual Datejust Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified · 16000 Marketplace $42,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 16000 Oyster Perpetual Datejust Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified · 16000

Rolex Ref 16000 Oyster Perpetual Datejust Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified

$42,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16234 2080 Oyster Perpetual Datejust Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified · 16234 Marketplace $81,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 16234 2080 Oyster Perpetual Datejust Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified · 16234

Rolex Ref 16234 2080 Oyster Perpetual Datejust Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified

$81,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6917 6900 Oyster Perpetual Datejust Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified · 6917 Marketplace $62,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 6917 6900 Oyster Perpetual Datejust Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified · 6917

Rolex Ref 6917 6900 Oyster Perpetual Datejust Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified

$62,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 69288 69000 A Oyster Perpetual Datejust Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified · 69288 Marketplace $60,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 69288 69000 A Oyster Perpetual Datejust Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified · 69288

Rolex Ref 69288 69000 A Oyster Perpetual Datejust Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified

$60,000
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
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
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
Rolex Rolex Ref 6099 6299 Big Bubble Back Retailed By Serpico Y Laino · 6099 Marketplace $162,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 6099 6299 Big Bubble Back Retailed By Serpico Y Laino · 6099

Rolex Ref 6099 6299 Big Bubble Back Retailed By Serpico Y Laino

$162,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 3361 Prince Aerodynamic · 3361 Marketplace $151,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 3361 Prince Aerodynamic · 3361

Rolex Ref 3361 Prince Aerodynamic

$151,250 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6610 Explorer Gilt Dial · 6610 Marketplace $131,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 6610 Explorer Gilt Dial · 6610

Rolex Ref 6610 Explorer Gilt Dial

$131,250 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16570 Explorer Ii · 16570 Marketplace $137,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 16570 Explorer Ii · 16570

Rolex Ref 16570 Explorer Ii

$137,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1019 Milgauss Cern Dial · 1019 Marketplace $212,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 1019 Milgauss Cern Dial · 1019

Rolex Ref 1019 Milgauss Cern Dial

$212,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 8171 Padellone · 8171 Marketplace $400,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 8171 Padellone · 8171

Rolex Ref 8171 Padellone

$400,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Triple Date Chronograph Marketplace $325,000

Rolex Rolex Triple Date Chronograph

Rolex Triple Date Chronograph

$325,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Zenith Zenith Horological School Of Porrentruy Ref 01 0500 400 Automatic El Primero Ecole D Horlogerie Porrentruy · 01.0500.400 Marketplace $33,750

Zenith Zenith Horological School Of Porrentruy Ref 01 0500 400 Automatic El Primero Ecole D Horlogerie Porrentruy · 01.0500.400

Zenith Horological School Of Porrentruy Ref 01 0500 400 Automatic El Primero Ecole D Horlogerie Porrentruy

$33,750
Aug 21, 2026
Carl F Bucherer Ref 10611 08 12 0418 Patravi Chronodate · 10611 Marketplace $11,875

Carl F Bucherer Ref 10611 08 12 0418 Patravi Chronodate · 10611

Carl F Bucherer Ref 10611 08 12 0418 Patravi Chronodate

$11,875
Aug 21, 2026
Tudor Tudor Ref 79190 Prince Date Submariner · 79190 Marketplace $50,000

Tudor Tudor Ref 79190 Prince Date Submariner · 79190

Tudor Ref 79190 Prince Date Submariner

$50,000
Aug 21, 2026
Tudor Tudor Ref 79380 P Chronautic · 79380 Marketplace $25,000

Tudor Tudor Ref 79380 P Chronautic · 79380

Tudor Ref 79380 P Chronautic

$25,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16800 Oyster Perpetual Submariner 1000 Ft 300 M Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified · 16800 Marketplace $80,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 16800 Oyster Perpetual Submariner 1000 Ft 300 M Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified · 16800

Rolex Ref 16800 Oyster Perpetual Submariner 1000 Ft 300 M Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified

$80,000
Aug 21, 2026
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