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 97–104 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 49,993,50,016 of 165,718 results

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5131J World Time Single Sealed · 5131J Marketplace $825,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5131J World Time Single Sealed · 5131J

Patek Philippe Ref 5131J World Time Single Sealed

$825,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5960R 001 Complications · 5960R Marketplace $400,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5960R 001 Complications · 5960R

Patek Philippe Ref 5960R 001 Complications

$400,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25960 Ba Royal Oak · 25960 Marketplace $375,000

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25960 Ba Royal Oak · 25960

Audemars Piguet Ref 25960 Ba Royal Oak

$375,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 14802Ba 0 0944Ba Royal Oak · 14802BA Marketplace $1,850,000

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 14802Ba 0 0944Ba Royal Oak · 14802BA

Audemars Piguet Ref 14802Ba 0 0944Ba Royal Oak

$1,850,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 2473 Triple Date · 2473 Marketplace $45,000

Omega Omega Ref 2473 Triple Date · 2473

Omega Ref 2473 Triple Date

$45,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 3065 Bubble Back · 3065 Marketplace $53,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 3065 Bubble Back · 3065

Rolex Ref 3065 Bubble Back

$53,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 3548 Empire · 3548 Marketplace $51,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 3548 Empire · 3548

Rolex Ref 3548 Empire

$51,250
Aug 21, 2026
Van Cleef Arpels Ref 13107 B2 Hh1 · 13107 Marketplace $35,000

Van Cleef Arpels Ref 13107 B2 Hh1 · 13107

Van Cleef Arpels Ref 13107 B2 Hh1

$35,000
Aug 21, 2026
Corum Corum Five Dollar Marketplace $10,000

Corum Corum Five Dollar

Corum Five Dollar

$10,000
Aug 21, 2026
Corum Corum Ten Dollar Marketplace $27,500

Corum Corum Ten Dollar

Corum Ten Dollar

$27,500
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Ref 39015 1 · 39015 Marketplace $22,500

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Ref 39015 1 · 39015

Vacheron Constantin Ref 39015 1

$22,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6827 Datejust · 6827 Marketplace $15,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 6827 Datejust · 6827

Rolex Ref 6827 Datejust

$15,000
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3266 152 · 3266 Marketplace $20,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3266 152 · 3266

Patek Philippe Ref 3266 152

$20,000
Aug 21, 2026
Kruse Co Marketplace $2,500

Kruse Co

Kruse Co

$2,500
Aug 21, 2026
Minerva Ref 88 Masonic Marketplace $11,250

Minerva Ref 88 Masonic

Minerva Ref 88 Masonic

$11,250
Aug 21, 2026
Hermes Ref 3901 Kelly Cadenas · 3901 Marketplace $7,500

Hermes Ref 3901 Kelly Cadenas · 3901

Hermes Ref 3901 Kelly Cadenas

$7,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 2672 Orchid · 2672 Marketplace $27,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 2672 Orchid · 2672

Rolex Ref 2672 Orchid

$27,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 68273 Datejust · 68273 Marketplace $20,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 68273 Datejust · 68273

Rolex Ref 68273 Datejust

$20,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 4091 Cellini · 4091 Marketplace $15,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 4091 Cellini · 4091

Rolex Ref 4091 Cellini

$15,000
Aug 21, 2026
Eska Watch Co Amphibian 600 Marketplace $87,500

Eska Watch Co Amphibian 600

Eska Watch Co Amphibian 600

$87,500
Aug 21, 2026
Nivada Ref 9901 2413 Depthomatic · 9901 Marketplace $30,000

Nivada Ref 9901 2413 Depthomatic · 9901

Nivada Ref 9901 2413 Depthomatic

$30,000
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 2115 Gmt Chrono Matic · 2115 Marketplace $40,000

Breitling Breitling Ref 2115 Gmt Chrono Matic · 2115

Breitling Ref 2115 Gmt Chrono Matic

$40,000
Aug 21, 2026
Lemania Racing Chronostop Type Marketplace $8,750

Lemania Racing Chronostop Type

Lemania Racing Chronostop Type

$8,750
Aug 21, 2026
Zenith Zenith Ref 196 D 649 · 196 Marketplace $30,000

Zenith Zenith Ref 196 D 649 · 196

Zenith Ref 196 D 649

$30,000
Aug 21, 2026
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