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

$30,423

Average hammer, USD sales

$13,922,000

Record, USD sales

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Top house

What watches actually sold for

49% of lots beat their high estimate and only 6% fell short of the low, across 73,697 completed sales from 1991 to Aug 2026.

Refreshed weekly, latest sale 21 Aug 2026.

49% above estimate 45% within 6% 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 25–32 of 968 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 archive270 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 archive57 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 archive204 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 archive35 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 archive3 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 archive502 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 47,641,47,664 of 163,212 results

Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 Cosmograph Daytona · 116520 Marketplace $21,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 Cosmograph Daytona · 116520

Rolex Ref 116520 Cosmograph Daytona

$21,250
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Ref 115 031 Grand Lange 1 · 115 Marketplace $156,250

A Lange Sohne Ref 115 031 Grand Lange 1 · 115

A Lange Sohne Ref 115 031 Grand Lange 1

$156,250 Record
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref Iw544901 Portuguese Minute Repeating · IW544901 Marketplace $31,250

IWC Iwc Ref Iw544901 Portuguese Minute Repeating · IW544901

Iwc Ref Iw544901 Portuguese Minute Repeating

$31,250
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 354 4003 Constellation · 354 Marketplace $3,750

Omega Omega Ref 354 4003 Constellation · 354

Omega Ref 354 4003 Constellation

$3,750
Aug 21, 2026
Zenith Zenith Ref 03 2160 4047 02 C713 El Primero Helios Big Date Moonphase Marketplace $32,500

Zenith Zenith Ref 03 2160 4047 02 C713 El Primero Helios Big Date Moonphase

Zenith Ref 03 2160 4047 02 C713 El Primero Helios Big Date Moonphase

$32,500
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5275 P 001 Chiming Jump Hour · 5275 Marketplace $3,625,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5275 P 001 Chiming Jump Hour · 5275

Patek Philippe Ref 5275 P 001 Chiming Jump Hour

$3,625,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
International Watch Co Ref 325 Portuguese · 325 Marketplace $24,700

International Watch Co Ref 325 Portuguese · 325

International Watch Co Ref 325 Portuguese

$24,700
Aug 21, 2026
L Regnier Marketplace $32,500

L Regnier

L Regnier

$32,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1500 Oyster Perpetual Date · 1500 Marketplace $4,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 1500 Oyster Perpetual Date · 1500

Rolex Ref 1500 Oyster Perpetual Date

$4,500
Aug 21, 2026
Bvlgari Ref 103534 Octo Finissimo Tadao Ando Special Edition · 103534 Marketplace $137,500

Bvlgari Ref 103534 Octo Finissimo Tadao Ando Special Edition · 103534

Bvlgari Ref 103534 Octo Finissimo Tadao Ando Special Edition

$137,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
F.P. Journe Fp Journe Octa Jour Nuit Ruthenium Marketplace $187,500

F.P. Journe Fp Journe Octa Jour Nuit Ruthenium

Fp Journe Octa Jour Nuit Ruthenium

$187,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref 228 Portuguese · 228 Marketplace $17,500

IWC Iwc Ref 228 Portuguese · 228

Iwc Ref 228 Portuguese

$17,500
Aug 21, 2026
Zenith Zenith Ref 03 2080 4021 01 C494 El Primero Chronomaster Power Reserve Marketplace $30,000

Zenith Zenith Ref 03 2080 4021 01 C494 El Primero Chronomaster Power Reserve

Zenith Ref 03 2080 4021 01 C494 El Primero Chronomaster Power Reserve

$30,000
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Marketplace $58,750

Omega Omega

Omega

$58,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6429 Commando · 6429 Marketplace $26,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 6429 Commando · 6429

Rolex Ref 6429 Commando

$26,000
Aug 21, 2026
Jules Jurgensen Marketplace $11,250

Jules Jurgensen

Jules Jurgensen

$11,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 Cosmograph Daytona · 116520 Marketplace $21,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 Cosmograph Daytona · 116520

Rolex Ref 116520 Cosmograph Daytona

$21,250
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Casing Made In Paris Marketplace $87,500

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Casing Made In Paris

Patek Philippe Casing Made In Paris

$87,500
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Marketplace $8,125

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin

$8,125
Aug 21, 2026
Gallet Marketplace $4,000

Gallet

Gallet

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
Zenith Zenith Ref 03 2320 692 80 C714 Elite Moonphase Marketplace $20,000

Zenith Zenith Ref 03 2320 692 80 C714 Elite Moonphase

Zenith Ref 03 2320 692 80 C714 Elite Moonphase

$20,000
Aug 21, 2026
Universal Ref 881101 02 Tri Compax So Called Evil Clapton · 881101 Marketplace $175,000

Universal Ref 881101 02 Tri Compax So Called Evil Clapton · 881101

Universal Ref 881101 02 Tri Compax So Called Evil Clapton

$175,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 5513 5517 Under The Lug Submariner So Called Milsub · 5513 Marketplace $260,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 5513 5517 Under The Lug Submariner So Called Milsub · 5513

Rolex Ref 5513 5517 Under The Lug Submariner So Called Milsub

$260,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Tempora Marketplace $3,750

Tempora

Tempora

$3,750
Aug 21, 2026
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