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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 |
A white gold, diamond, and sapphire-set open-faced keyless pe…
1980 |
$15,000–30,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 369 |
Reference 9040 D 2 | A yellow gold wristwatch with bracelet, …
1980 |
$10,000–20,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 371 |
A platinum and diamond-set bracelet watch with concealed dial…
1960 |
$20,000–40,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 377 |
Reference 5610Y 1898 Double Eagle Coin | A yellow gold Double…
1970 |
$10,000–20,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 387 |
Ellipsocurvex | A white gold wristwatch with bracelet and mot…
2000 |
$10,000–20,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 397 |
Reference 5508 'Small Crown' Submariner | A stainless steel a…
1958 |
$20,000–40,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 408 |
Oyster Perpetual 'Bubbleback' | A stainless steel automatic w…
1946 |
$2,000–4,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 420 |
A gold ruby cylinder watch quarter-repeating à toc, No. 406, …
|
$7,000–10,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 455 |
Reference 3982/1G | A white gold and diamond and sapphire-set…
1984 |
$30,000–50,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 456 |
Reference 4774/2J | A yellow gold, ruby and diamond-set brace…
1987 |
$15,000–25,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 461 |
Reference 5035 | A yellow gold automatic annual calendar wris…
1998 |
$20,000–30,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 469 |
Reference 14203 Oyster Perpetual 'Buckley Dial' | A stainless…
1989 |
$10,000–15,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 478 |
Reference 18239 Day-Date | A white gold automatic wristwatch …
1996 |
$18,000–28,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 480 |
Reference 6917 Datejust 'Burgundy Stella' | A yellow gold aut…
1982 |
$15,000–25,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 484 |
Reference 18038 Day-Date | A yellow gold automatic wristwatch…
1987 |
$30,000–50,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 485 |
Reference 18239 Day-Date | A white gold automatic wristwatch …
1990 |
$18,000–28,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 488 |
Reference 5280 La Strada | A white gold, stainless steel, and…
2000 |
$7,000–14,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 489 |
Reference 136818-0028 | A yellow gold and diamond-set wristwa…
2000 |
$7,000–10,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 505 |
Reference 3348 'Bubbleback Life Saver' | A stainless steel au…
1941 |
$5,000–10,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 522 |
Reference 4232 BA | A yellow gold automatic skeletonized brac…
1990 |
$20,000–40,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 530 |
A white gold and diamond-set bracelet watch with opal dial, C…
1970 |
$8,000–16,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 550 |
Reference 2591 Calatrava | A yellow gold wristwatch, Circa 19…
1959 |
$8,000–12,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 557 |
Reference 3359 Oyster Precision | A stainless steel and yello…
1946 |
$2,000–4,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 561 |
Tank Louis | A yellow gold wristwatch, Circa 1965
1965 |
$10,000–20,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 570 |
Reference 8673 K 52 X | A yellow gold and rock crystal wristw…
1990 |
$15,000–30,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 572 |
Reference 924 D 4 | A white gold and diamond-set bracelet wat…
1970 |
$6,000–12,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 577 |
A yellow gold, coral and diamond-set bracelet watch, Circa 19…
1970 |
$6,000–12,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 616 |
Reference PAM00572 Radiomir 1940 | A limited edition stainles…
2013 |
$6,000–8,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 625 |
Reference L34030 Navitimer Rattrapante | A limited edition pl…
1995 |
$10,000–15,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 633 |
Fifty Fathoms ‘Incabloc Automatic’ | Retailed by LIP: A stain…
1955 |
$15,000–30,000 | 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 91–120 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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