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 25–32 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 46,657,46,680 of 165,718 results

Glashutte Glashutte Uhren Fabrik Union Chronometer Guillaume Balance Marketplace $5,625

Glashutte Glashutte Uhren Fabrik Union Chronometer Guillaume Balance

Glashutte Uhren Fabrik Union Chronometer Guillaume Balance

$5,625
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Marketplace $10,625

IWC Iwc

Iwc

$10,625
Aug 21, 2026
Corum Corum Ref 27102 · 27102 Marketplace $1,250

Corum Corum Ref 27102 · 27102

Corum Ref 27102

$1,250
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Ref 2270 Driver · 2270 Marketplace $7,800

Cartier Cartier Ref 2270 Driver · 2270

Cartier Ref 2270 Driver

$7,800
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6262 6239 Cosmograph Daytona Paul Newman · 6262 Marketplace $187,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 6262 6239 Cosmograph Daytona Paul Newman · 6262

Rolex Ref 6262 6239 Cosmograph Daytona Paul Newman

$187,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Franck Muller Franck Muller Ref 5850 Ch Crazy Color Dreams · 5850 Marketplace $5,625

Franck Muller Franck Muller Ref 5850 Ch Crazy Color Dreams · 5850

Franck Muller Ref 5850 Ch Crazy Color Dreams

$5,625
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 310 20 42 50 01 001 Speedmaster Apollo 11 50Th Anniversary · 310 Marketplace $10,000

Omega Omega Ref 310 20 42 50 01 001 Speedmaster Apollo 11 50Th Anniversary · 310

Omega Ref 310 20 42 50 01 001 Speedmaster Apollo 11 50Th Anniversary

$10,000
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Marketplace $15,000

A Lange Sohne

A Lange Sohne

$15,000
Aug 21, 2026
Tissot Tissot Seastar Navigator Marketplace $11,875

Tissot Tissot Seastar Navigator

Tissot Seastar Navigator

$11,875
Aug 21, 2026
Corum Corum Ref 27A330 · 27A330 Marketplace $2,375

Corum Corum Ref 27A330 · 27A330

Corum Ref 27A330

$2,375
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Ref 30011 Pasha Alarm · 30011 Marketplace $9,100

Cartier Cartier Ref 30011 Pasha Alarm · 30011

Cartier Ref 30011 Pasha Alarm

$9,100
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16520 Cosmograph Daytona · 16520 Marketplace $48,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 16520 Cosmograph Daytona · 16520

Rolex Ref 16520 Cosmograph Daytona

$48,750
Aug 21, 2026
Franck Muller Franck Muller Ref 5850 Ch Crazy Hours · 5850 Marketplace $6,250

Franck Muller Franck Muller Ref 5850 Ch Crazy Hours · 5850

Franck Muller Ref 5850 Ch Crazy Hours

$6,250
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 311 30 40 30 01 001 Speedmaster Calibre 321 · 311 Marketplace $9,375

Omega Omega Ref 311 30 40 30 01 001 Speedmaster Calibre 321 · 311

Omega Ref 311 30 40 30 01 001 Speedmaster Calibre 321

$9,375
Aug 21, 2026
Uhrenfabrik Union Marketplace $1,750

Uhrenfabrik Union

Uhrenfabrik Union

$1,750
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Marketplace $10,625

Longines Longines

Longines

$10,625
Aug 21, 2026
Corum Corum Ref 27A119 · 27A119 Marketplace $2,000

Corum Corum Ref 27A119 · 27A119

Corum Ref 27A119

$2,000
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Ref 820903 Pasha · 820903 Marketplace $4,680

Cartier Cartier Ref 820903 Pasha · 820903

Cartier Ref 820903 Pasha

$4,680
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6098 Oyster Perpetual · 6098 Marketplace $56,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 6098 Oyster Perpetual · 6098

Rolex Ref 6098 Oyster Perpetual

$56,250
Aug 21, 2026
Franck Muller Franck Muller Ref 7502 S6 Chronometro · 7502 Marketplace $2,250

Franck Muller Franck Muller Ref 7502 S6 Chronometro · 7502

Franck Muller Ref 7502 S6 Chronometro

$2,250
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 220 10 38 20 01 002 Railmaster Trilogy 1957 60Th Anniversary · 220 Marketplace $4,500

Omega Omega Ref 220 10 38 20 01 002 Railmaster Trilogy 1957 60Th Anniversary · 220

Omega Ref 220 10 38 20 01 002 Railmaster Trilogy 1957 60Th Anniversary

$4,500
Aug 21, 2026
Moritz Grossmann Marketplace $2,000

Moritz Grossmann

Moritz Grossmann

$2,000
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Marketplace $12,500

IWC Iwc

Iwc

$12,500
Aug 21, 2026
Bueche Girod Ref Yg 9821 Marketplace $4,000

Bueche Girod Ref Yg 9821

Bueche Girod Ref Yg 9821

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
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