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 105–112 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 50,065,50,088 of 165,718 results

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5806 Atmos Angelfish · 5806 Marketplace $18,750

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5806 Atmos Angelfish · 5806

Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5806 Atmos Angelfish

$18,750
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5808 Atmos Caravelle · 5808 Marketplace $25,000

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5808 Atmos Caravelle · 5808

Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5808 Atmos Caravelle

$25,000
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5802 Atmos Sky Map · 5802 Marketplace $18,750

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5802 Atmos Sky Map · 5802

Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5802 Atmos Sky Map

$18,750
Aug 21, 2026
Bovet Double Chronographe Compteur Double Chronograph Counter Montre Universelle Patentee Patented Universal Watch Marketplace $30,000

Bovet Double Chronographe Compteur Double Chronograph Counter Montre Universelle Patentee Patented Universal Watch

Bovet Double Chronographe Compteur Double Chronograph Counter Montre Universelle Patentee Patented Universal Watch

$30,000
Aug 21, 2026
C Oudin Horloger De La Marine Marketplace $50,000

C Oudin Horloger De La Marine

C Oudin Horloger De La Marine

$50,000
Aug 21, 2026
Paul Ditisheim Marketplace $40,000

Paul Ditisheim

Paul Ditisheim

$40,000
Aug 21, 2026
Perret Berthoud Made By Constant Piguet Le Sentier Vallee De Joux And Le Locle Marketplace $350,000

Perret Berthoud Made By Constant Piguet Le Sentier Vallee De Joux And Le Locle

Perret Berthoud Made By Constant Piguet Le Sentier Vallee De Joux And Le Locle

$350,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Breguet Breguet Marketplace $112,500

Breguet Breguet

Breguet

$112,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Split Seconds Chronograph Marketplace $102,500

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Split Seconds Chronograph

Patek Philippe Split Seconds Chronograph

$102,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Piaget Piaget Marketplace $131,250

Piaget Piaget

Piaget

$131,250 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Nautilusref. 3700/1J - 18k Yellow Gold · 3700 Marketplace $150,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Nautilusref. 3700/1J - 18k Yellow Gold · 3700

Patek Philippe Nautilusref. 3700/1J - 18k Yellow Gold

$150,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Marketplace $100,000

Rolex Rolex

Rolex

$100,000
Aug 21, 2026
Gucci Marketplace $5,625

Gucci

Gucci

$5,625
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116519 Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified Cosmograph Daytona · 116519 Marketplace $300,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 116519 Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified Cosmograph Daytona · 116519

Rolex Ref 116519 Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified Cosmograph Daytona

$300,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 8385 President · 8385 Marketplace $60,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 8385 President · 8385

Rolex Ref 8385 President

$60,000
Aug 21, 2026
Tudor Tudor Ref 7928 Submariner · 7928 Marketplace $125,000

Tudor Tudor Ref 7928 Submariner · 7928

Tudor Ref 7928 Submariner

$125,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16803 Submariner · 16803 Marketplace $91,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 16803 Submariner · 16803

Rolex Ref 16803 Submariner

$91,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner · 5513 Marketplace $93,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner · 5513

Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner

$93,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 455 Time To The Second · 455 Marketplace $137,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 455 Time To The Second · 455

Rolex Ref 455 Time To The Second

$137,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Tudor Tudor Ref 7169 0 Oysterdate So Called Blue Monte Carlo · 7169 Marketplace $225,000

Tudor Tudor Ref 7169 0 Oysterdate So Called Blue Monte Carlo · 7169

Tudor Ref 7169 0 Oysterdate So Called Blue Monte Carlo

$225,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Breguet Breguet Apocryphal Signature Not Abraham Louis Breguet Probably Made In Geneva Marketplace $80,000

Breguet Breguet Apocryphal Signature Not Abraham Louis Breguet Probably Made In Geneva

Breguet Apocryphal Signature Not Abraham Louis Breguet Probably Made In Geneva

$80,000
Aug 21, 2026
Robert Courvoisier Marketplace $212,500

Robert Courvoisier

Robert Courvoisier

$212,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Pierre Rigaud Marketplace $75,000

Pierre Rigaud

Pierre Rigaud

$75,000
Aug 21, 2026
Ilbery Made In Fleurier Val De Travers And Geneva Marketplace $437,500

Ilbery Made In Fleurier Val De Travers And Geneva

Ilbery Made In Fleurier Val De Travers And Geneva

$437,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
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