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 201–300 of 202,563 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 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 50,665,50,688 of 165,718 results

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Marketplace $1,875

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin

$1,875
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Ref 155 22 Isaac Newton · 155 Marketplace $9,000

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Ref 155 22 Isaac Newton · 155

Ulysse Nardin Ref 155 22 Isaac Newton

$9,000
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Marketplace $1,250

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin

$1,250
Aug 21, 2026
Universal Geneve Universal Geneve Ref 175054 Compax Chronograph · 175054 Marketplace $4,000

Universal Geneve Universal Geneve Ref 175054 Compax Chronograph · 175054

Universal Geneve Ref 175054 Compax Chronograph

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $31,875

Unsigned

Unsigned

$31,875
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $5,250

Unsigned

Unsigned

$5,250
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $4,000

Unsigned

Unsigned

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $30,000

Unsigned

Unsigned

$30,000
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $5,250

Unsigned

Unsigned

$5,250
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $11,500

Unsigned

Unsigned

$11,500
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $3,750

Unsigned

Unsigned

$3,750
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $8,000

Unsigned

Unsigned

$8,000
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $8,250

Unsigned

Unsigned

$8,250
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $7,750

Unsigned

Unsigned

$7,750
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $12,500

Unsigned

Unsigned

$12,500
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $2,375

Unsigned

Unsigned

$2,375
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $23,750

Unsigned

Unsigned

$23,750
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Especially Made For The Exposition Cantonale Bernoise De Lapins Tramelan 1965 Bernese Cantonal Rabbit Exhibition Tramelan 1965 Marketplace $1,625

Unsigned Especially Made For The Exposition Cantonale Bernoise De Lapins Tramelan 1965 Bernese Cantonal Rabbit Exhibition Tramelan 1965

Unsigned Especially Made For The Exposition Cantonale Bernoise De Lapins Tramelan 1965 Bernese Cantonal Rabbit Exhibition Tramelan 1965

$1,625
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $812.00

Unsigned

Unsigned

$812.00
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $525.00

Unsigned

Unsigned

$525.00
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Royal Marketplace $30,000

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Royal

Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Royal

$30,000
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Marketplace $12,500

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin

$12,500
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin And Lecoultre Ref 727 722 103D Mystery · 727 Marketplace $6,500

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin And Lecoultre Ref 727 722 103D Mystery · 727

Vacheron Constantin And Lecoultre Ref 727 722 103D Mystery

$6,500
Aug 21, 2026
Vacuum Chronometer Ruby Star Quartz Marketplace $1,125

Vacuum Chronometer Ruby Star Quartz

Vacuum Chronometer Ruby Star Quartz

$1,125
Aug 21, 2026
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