Auction results

Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.

150,147

Lots

$30,423

Average hammer, USD sales

$13,922,000

Record, USD sales

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What watches actually sold for

49% of lots beat their high estimate and only 6% fell short of the low, across 73,697 completed sales from 1991 to Aug 2026.

Refreshed weekly, latest sale 21 Aug 2026.

49% above estimate 45% within 6% below
Lot Watch Estimate Result Vs estimate

Showing 51–100 of 176,019 auction records. 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 archive270 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 archive57 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 archive204 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 archive35 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 archive3 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 archive502 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 47,665,47,688 of 159,465 results

Omega Omega Marketplace $10,250

Omega Omega

Omega

$10,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16700 Gmt Master · 16700 Marketplace $11,875

Rolex Rolex Ref 16700 Gmt Master · 16700

Rolex Ref 16700 Gmt Master

$11,875
Aug 21, 2026
Enicar Enicar Ref 072 02 01 Sherpagraph · 072 Marketplace $6,875

Enicar Enicar Ref 072 02 01 Sherpagraph · 072

Enicar Ref 072 02 01 Sherpagraph

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Le Phare Marketplace $8,750

Le Phare

Le Phare

$8,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master · 1675 Marketplace $13,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master · 1675

Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master

$13,750
Aug 21, 2026
White Star Diagraphic Marketplace $11,250

White Star Diagraphic

White Star Diagraphic

$11,250
Aug 21, 2026
Le Roy Fils Horlogers De La Marine Marketplace $18,750

Le Roy Fils Horlogers De La Marine

Le Roy Fils Horlogers De La Marine

$18,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master · 1675 Marketplace $32,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master · 1675

Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master

$32,500
Aug 21, 2026
White Star Ref 14 021 Marketplace $5,000

White Star Ref 14 021

White Star Ref 14 021

$5,000
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Freres Marketplace $11,875

Audemars Freres

Audemars Freres

$11,875
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16610Lv Submariner · 16610LV Marketplace $15,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 16610Lv Submariner · 16610LV

Rolex Ref 16610Lv Submariner

$15,000
Aug 21, 2026
Universal Ref 22279 Tri Compax · 22279 Marketplace $5,750

Universal Ref 22279 Tri Compax · 22279

Universal Ref 22279 Tri Compax

$5,750
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Marketplace $27,500

Longines Longines

Longines

$27,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116264 Turn O Graph · 116264 Marketplace $5,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 116264 Turn O Graph · 116264

Rolex Ref 116264 Turn O Graph

$5,500
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Heuer Solunar Marketplace $6,875

Heuer Heuer Solunar

Heuer Solunar

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5902 Atmos Viii · 5902 Marketplace $11,875

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5902 Atmos Viii · 5902

Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5902 Atmos Viii

$11,875
Aug 21, 2026
Just Son Made Probably In Fleurier Val De Travers And In Geneva Marketplace $7,500

Just Son Made Probably In Fleurier Val De Travers And In Geneva

Just Son Made Probably In Fleurier Val De Travers And In Geneva

$7,500
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 799 Datora · 799 Marketplace $4,250

Breitling Breitling Ref 799 Datora · 799

Breitling Ref 799 Datora

$4,250
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5901 Atmos Vii · 5901 Marketplace $16,250

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5901 Atmos Vii · 5901

Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 5901 Atmos Vii

$16,250
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $5,000

Unsigned

Unsigned

$5,000
Aug 21, 2026
Lecoultre Ref 565 144 World Time · 565 Marketplace $10,000

Lecoultre Ref 565 144 World Time · 565

Lecoultre Ref 565 144 World Time

$10,000
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref Borne Atmos Style Marketplace $11,250

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref Borne Atmos Style

Jaeger Lecoultre Ref Borne Atmos Style

$11,250
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $1,250

Unsigned

Unsigned

$1,250
Aug 21, 2026
Lecoultre Ref 2726 Calendar · 2726 Marketplace $4,062

Lecoultre Ref 2726 Calendar · 2726

Lecoultre Ref 2726 Calendar

$4,062
Aug 21, 2026
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