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

$27,741

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 148,889 completed sales from 1989 to Aug 2026.

Refreshed weekly, latest sale 21 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 9–16 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 47,593,47,616 of 165,684 results

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 4100Ba Royal Oak · 4100BA Marketplace $20,000

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 4100Ba Royal Oak · 4100BA

Audemars Piguet Ref 4100Ba Royal Oak

$20,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 3548 Empire · 3548 Marketplace $9,375

Rolex Rolex Ref 3548 Empire · 3548

Rolex Ref 3548 Empire

$9,375
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust · 6917 Marketplace $35,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust · 6917

Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust

$35,000
Aug 21, 2026
Hunt Roskell Marketplace $3,375

Hunt Roskell

Hunt Roskell

$3,375
Aug 21, 2026
Chopard Chopard Ref 384242 Imperiale · 384242 Marketplace $68,750

Chopard Chopard Ref 384242 Imperiale · 384242

Chopard Ref 384242 Imperiale

$68,750
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Marketplace $3,125

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin

$3,125
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16018 Datejust · 16018 Marketplace $10,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 16018 Datejust · 16018

Rolex Ref 16018 Datejust

$10,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 18238 Day Date · 18238 Marketplace $137,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 18238 Day Date · 18238

Rolex Ref 18238 Day Date

$137,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25829Ba Oo 0944Ba 01 Royal Oak Quantieme Perpetuel Skeleton · 25829BA Marketplace $150,000

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25829Ba Oo 0944Ba 01 Royal Oak Quantieme Perpetuel Skeleton · 25829BA

Audemars Piguet Ref 25829Ba Oo 0944Ba 01 Royal Oak Quantieme Perpetuel Skeleton

$150,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6305 1 Datejust · 6305 Marketplace $9,375

Rolex Rolex Ref 6305 1 Datejust · 6305

Rolex Ref 6305 1 Datejust

$9,375
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust · 6917 Marketplace $42,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust · 6917

Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust

$42,500
Aug 21, 2026
Attributed To Piguet Capt Marketplace $81,250

Attributed To Piguet Capt

Attributed To Piguet Capt

$81,250
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 14800 Royal Oak · 14800 Marketplace $131,250

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 14800 Royal Oak · 14800

Audemars Piguet Ref 14800 Royal Oak

$131,250 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Marketplace $3,250

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin

$3,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 114300 Oyster Perpetual 39 · 114300 Marketplace $7,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 114300 Oyster Perpetual 39 · 114300

Rolex Ref 114300 Oyster Perpetual 39

$7,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date · 1803 Marketplace $118,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date · 1803

Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date

$118,750 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master · 1675 Marketplace $11,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master · 1675

Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master

$11,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6426 Oyster Precision · 6426 Marketplace $2,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 6426 Oyster Precision · 6426

Rolex Ref 6426 Oyster Precision

$2,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust · 6917 Marketplace $6,875

Rolex Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust · 6917

Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Montre De Tir Marketplace $25,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Montre De Tir

Patek Philippe Montre De Tir

$25,000
Aug 21, 2026
Chopard Chopard Ref 109414 · 109414 Marketplace $57,500

Chopard Chopard Ref 109414 · 109414

Chopard Ref 109414

$57,500
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Marketplace $3,250

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin

$3,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116519 Cosmograph Daytona · 116519 Marketplace $27,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 116519 Cosmograph Daytona · 116519

Rolex Ref 116519 Cosmograph Daytona

$27,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16233 Datejust · 16233 Marketplace $50,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 16233 Datejust · 16233

Rolex Ref 16233 Datejust

$50,000
Aug 21, 2026
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