Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
151,407
Lots
¥10,142,466
Average hammer, USD sales
¥30,690,867
Record, USD sales
Christie's
Top house
48% of lots beat their high estimate and only 7% fell short of the low, across 150,148 completed sales from 1989 to Sep 2026.
Refreshed weekly, latest sale 18 Sep 2026.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 484 |
Reference 18038 Day-Date | A yellow gold automatic wristwatch…
Yellow gold · Automatic · 1987 |
$30,000–50,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 485 |
Reference 18239 Day-Date | A white gold automatic wristwatch …
White gold · Automatic · 1990 |
$18,000–28,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 488 |
Reference 5280 La Strada | A white gold, stainless steel, and…
White gold · 2000 |
$7,000–14,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 489 |
Reference 136818-0028 | A yellow gold and diamond-set wristwa…
Yellow gold · 2000 |
$7,000–10,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 505 |
Reference 3348 'Bubbleback Life Saver' | A stainless steel au…
Steel · Automatic · 1941 |
$5,000–10,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 522 |
Reference 4232 BA | A yellow gold automatic skeletonized brac…
Yellow gold · Automatic · 1990 |
$20,000–40,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 530 |
A white gold and diamond-set bracelet watch with opal dial, C…
White gold · 1970 |
$8,000–16,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 550 |
Reference 2591 Calatrava | A yellow gold wristwatch, Circa 19…
Yellow gold · 1959 |
$8,000–12,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
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 105–112 of 26,523 unsold lots. Prices as reported by the auction house, in the sale's original currency.
Curated from publicly documented auction results. Realized prices, hammer plus premium, never asking prices.
The most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction. A one-off in steel with 20 complications, sold for charity.
Pocket watch with 24 complications, commissioned in 1925. Held the all-time record for years.
Paul Newman's own exotic-dial Daytona, a gift from Joanne Woodward. The most expensive Rolex ever sold.
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
The only known white gold manual-wind Daytona. Sold for charity.
The first wristwatch by the master finisher, a grande sonnerie minute repeater.
Black-dial triple calendar moonphase owned by the last emperor of Vietnam.
Handmade pocket watch by the greatest watchmaker of the 20th century.
First-generation Speedmaster from 1957 with tropical dial, a record for Omega.
Worn by Brando in Apocalypse Now, bezel removed, caseback hand-engraved by Brando.
Steel prototype with 18 complications, sold for charity.
Double-faced grand complication, one of Patek's most complicated wristwatches.
Showing 49,777,12 of 12 results (demo)
Christie's
¥4,485,588
Cosmograph Daytona
Sotheby's
¥5,477,139
Royal Oak Jumbo
Phillips
¥8,184,231
Nautilus
Bonhams
¥2,864,481
GMT-Master II Pepsi
Christie's
¥10,545,067
Chronomètre Bleu
Sotheby's
¥30,690,867
Sky Moon Tourbillon
Catawiki
¥2,282,141
Submariner Hulk
Phillips
¥6,452,952
Lange 1
Heritage Auctions
¥1,400,763
Speedmaster Moonwatch
Antiquorum
¥1,951,624
Portugieser Chronograph
Christie's
¥4,879,061
Overseas
Sotheby's
¥28,015,253
RM 011 Felipe Massa
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