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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5155 |
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Divers 15720CN 18K WG Limi…
2021 · box and papers · grade Like new |
$25,000–35,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5154 |
Patek Philippe Ellipse 3747/17J Quartz on Bracelet 18k YG
Circa 1990 · grade Excellent |
$12,000–18,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5154 |
(Collectability) Patek Philippe 3747/17J
1980 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5155 |
Audemars Piguet Offshore
1995 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5153 |
Lang & Heyne Friedrich III
1985 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5152 |
Rolex 1680 18k YG Converted to 5513
1977 |
– | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5151 |
Patek Philippe Calatrava 5127G-001 18K WG
Circa 2005 · box only · grade Very good |
$10,000–15,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 5148 |
Rolex Submariner 5512 MK2 Maxi Dial
1979 · grade Excellent |
$10,000–15,000 | 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 9–16 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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