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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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

Showing 121–128 of 162,006 completed sales. 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 46,489,46,512 of 165,718 results

Jules Jurgensen Marketplace $3,000

Jules Jurgensen

Jules Jurgensen

$3,000
Aug 21, 2026
Jules Jurgensen Marketplace $8,125

Jules Jurgensen

Jules Jurgensen

$8,125
Aug 21, 2026
Jules Jurgensen Marketplace $4,250

Jules Jurgensen

Jules Jurgensen

$4,250
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Breting Marketplace $2,250

Ulysse Breting

Ulysse Breting

$2,250
Aug 21, 2026
Jules Jurgensen Marketplace $8,125

Jules Jurgensen

Jules Jurgensen

$8,125
Aug 21, 2026
A Ecalle Paris Marketplace $2,750

A Ecalle Paris

A Ecalle Paris

$2,750
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Marketplace $3,000

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin

$3,000
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Chronometer Marketplace $12,500

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Chronometer

Ulysse Nardin Chronometer

$12,500
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Marketplace $5,250

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin

$5,250
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Marketplace $4,000

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Marketplace $6,875

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Marketplace $50,000

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin

$50,000
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Marketplace $42,500

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin

$42,500
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref A13370 Super Avenger Nhlpa · A13370 Marketplace $2,750

Breitling Breitling Ref A13370 Super Avenger Nhlpa · A13370

Breitling Ref A13370 Super Avenger Nhlpa

$2,750
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref B15508 Duograph World Cup Of Aerobatics · B15508 Marketplace $1,625

Breitling Breitling Ref B15508 Duograph World Cup Of Aerobatics · B15508

Breitling Ref B15508 Duograph World Cup Of Aerobatics

$1,625
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 2838 Experimentale · 2838 Marketplace $2,000

Breitling Breitling Ref 2838 Experimentale · 2838

Breitling Ref 2838 Experimentale

$2,000
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 144 2 94 Master Control Memovox · 144 Marketplace $4,250

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 144 2 94 Master Control Memovox · 144

Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 144 2 94 Master Control Memovox

$4,250
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref 3750 Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar · 3750 Marketplace $6,250

IWC Iwc Ref 3750 Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar · 3750

Iwc Ref 3750 Da Vinci Perpetual Calendar

$6,250
Aug 21, 2026
Chopard Chopard Ref 1272 Mille Miglia Gt Xl · 1272 Marketplace $5,000

Chopard Chopard Ref 1272 Mille Miglia Gt Xl · 1272

Chopard Ref 1272 Mille Miglia Gt Xl

$5,000
Aug 21, 2026
Chopard Chopard Ref 8997 Gran Turismo Mille Miglia Gt Xl · 8997 Marketplace $2,500

Chopard Chopard Ref 8997 Gran Turismo Mille Miglia Gt Xl · 8997

Chopard Ref 8997 Gran Turismo Mille Miglia Gt Xl

$2,500
Aug 21, 2026
Chopard Chopard Ref 4500 1 15 3595 Tonneau · 4500 Marketplace $5,000

Chopard Chopard Ref 4500 1 15 3595 Tonneau · 4500

Chopard Ref 4500 1 15 3595 Tonneau

$5,000
Aug 21, 2026
Chopard Chopard Ref 8997 Mille Miglia Gt Xl · 8997 Marketplace $1,500

Chopard Chopard Ref 8997 Mille Miglia Gt Xl · 8997

Chopard Ref 8997 Mille Miglia Gt Xl

$1,500
Aug 21, 2026
Corum Corum Ref 982 102 69 Classical Garden Bird · 982 Marketplace $8,750

Corum Corum Ref 982 102 69 Classical Garden Bird · 982

Corum Ref 982 102 69 Classical Garden Bird

$8,750
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 15091 Bc Canape · 15091 Marketplace $4,000

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 15091 Bc Canape · 15091

Audemars Piguet Ref 15091 Bc Canape

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
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