Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
208,074
Lots
$64,442
Average hammer, USD sales
$195,000
Record, USD sales
Christie's
Top house
47% of lots beat their high estimate and only 7% fell short of the low, across 161,305 completed sales from 1989 to Sep 2026.
Refreshed weekly, latest sale 18 Sep 2026.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5141 |
Cartier Tank Française Quartz W5000256 18K YG
Circa 2000s · papers only · grade Excellent |
$3,000–5,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5145 |
Lotec 7.5
2011 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5144 |
(Collectabililty) Patek Philippe 5098R
2011 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5143 |
Ming Massena Honey Dial 17.09
2009 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5140 |
MAD2 Redemption
2002 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5141 |
Cartier Tank Louis W5000256
2001 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5142 |
Tudor Pelagos Meta
2013 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5136 |
Franck Muller Luminous Up Down Chronograph 7000 CC 18K WG
Circa 2000s · grade Excellent |
$4,000–6,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5138 |
Universal Geneve Polerouter Date 204610 Black Dial
Circa 1960s · grade Very good |
$3,000–4,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5135 |
Tudor GMT 79830 White Dial
Circa 2023 · box only · grade New |
$2,000–3,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5134 |
Grand Seiko 57GS Self-Dater 5722-9990
Circa 1965 · grade Excellent |
$1,000–2,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5139 |
Nomos Tetra Neomatik Off White 175 Years Watchmaking 421.S1
2022 · box and papers · grade Near mint |
$2,000–3,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5137 |
TAG Heuer Carrera Calibre 17 Chronograph CV2113-0
Circa 2005 · grade Excellent |
$1,500–2,500 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5131 |
Rolex Chronograph 6238 Pre-Daytona Retailed by Cartier
Circa 1969 · grade Excellent |
$100,000–150,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5133 |
Patek Philippe Calatrava Skeleton 5180/1R-001 18K RG
Circa 2019 · box and papers · grade Like new |
$40,000–60,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5132 |
Credor Eichi II GBLT997 Ruri Blue Dial Platinum
2022 · box and papers · grade Like newEichi II |
$30,000–40,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5133 |
(Collectability) Patek Philippe Skeleton Caltrava 5180/1R-001
1977 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5132 |
Credor Eichi Blue Dial
2017 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5131 |
Rolex 6238 Chronograph Retailed by Cartier
2023 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5128 |
Pulsar Time Computer Calculator 18K YG Box and Papers
Circa 1976 · box only · grade Excellent |
$15,000–25,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5129 |
Patek Philippe Jumbo Ellipse 3609/1G Blue Diamond Dial and Be…
1979 · grade Excellent |
$30,000–50,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5127 |
Rolex Day-Date 18239 Tropical Dial 18k WG
1989 · grade Excellent |
$10,000–15,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5130 |
Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force Ultimate Sapphire ST21-GEF.SA
2023 · box and papers · grade Like new |
$15,000–25,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5127 |
Rolex Day-Date Tropical Dial 18239
1990 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5130 |
Armin Strom Gravity Equal Force Ultimate Sapphire
2016 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5129 |
(Collectability) Patek Philippe 3609/1G
2003 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5128 |
Pulsar Time Computer 18k YG
1993 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5124 |
Audemars Piguet 56303SA
2005 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5122 |
Patek 96A
2008 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5126 |
Cartier EWC
1953 |
– | 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 31–60 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 1,12 of 12 results (demo)
Christie's
$28,500
Cosmograph Daytona
Sotheby's
$34,800
Royal Oak Jumbo
Phillips
$52,000
Nautilus
Bonhams
$18,200
GMT-Master II Pepsi
Christie's
$67,000
Chronomètre Bleu
Sotheby's
$195,000
Sky Moon Tourbillon
Catawiki
$14,500
Submariner Hulk
Phillips
$41,000
Lange 1
Heritage Auctions
$8,900
Speedmaster Moonwatch
Antiquorum
$12,400
Portugieser Chronograph
Christie's
$31,000
Overseas
Sotheby's
$178,000
RM 011 Felipe Massa
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