Auction results

Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.

150,140

Lots

$30,413

Average hammer, USD sales

$13,922,000

Record, USD sales

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What watches actually sold for

49% of lots beat their high estimate and only 6% fell short of the low, across 73,690 completed sales from 1991 to Aug 2026.

Refreshed weekly, latest sale 19 Aug 2026.

49% above estimate 45% within 6% below
Lot Watch Estimate Result Vs estimate

Showing 33–40 of 172,565 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 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 48,025,48,048 of 153,811 results

Juvenia Marketplace $4,000

Juvenia

Juvenia

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
Ross London Marketplace $688.00

Ross London

Ross London

$688.00
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5107P · 5107P Marketplace $225,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5107P · 5107P

Patek Philippe Ref 5107P

$225,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Ref 333 88 · 333 Marketplace $50,000

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Ref 333 88 · 333

Ulysse Nardin Ref 333 88

$50,000
Aug 21, 2026
Joseph Martineau Marketplace $25,000

Joseph Martineau

Joseph Martineau

$25,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 5512 · 5512 Marketplace $31,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 5512 · 5512

Rolex Ref 5512

$31,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6285 Oyster · 6285 Marketplace $12,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 6285 Oyster · 6285

Rolex Ref 6285 Oyster

$12,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 · 6263 Marketplace $62,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 · 6263

Rolex Ref 6263

$62,500
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Ed Heuer Marketplace $2,500

Heuer Ed Heuer

Ed Heuer

$2,500
Aug 21, 2026
Antide Janvier Marketplace $40,000

Antide Janvier

Antide Janvier

$40,000
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5235G · 5235G Marketplace $275,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5235G · 5235G

Patek Philippe Ref 5235G

$275,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Panerai Officine Panerai Marketplace $62,500

Panerai Officine Panerai

Officine Panerai

$62,500
Aug 21, 2026
Robert Higgs Marketplace $8,125

Robert Higgs

Robert Higgs

$8,125
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 6262 · 6263 Marketplace $311,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 6262 · 6263

Rolex Ref 6263 6262

$311,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Marketplace $6,250

IWC Iwc

Iwc

$6,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6265 · 6265 Marketplace $58,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 6265 · 6265

Rolex Ref 6265

$58,750
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Ref 5967 43 · 5967 Marketplace $5,250

Longines Longines Ref 5967 43 · 5967

Longines Ref 5967 43

$5,250
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $3,750

Unsigned

Unsigned

$3,750
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5146G · 5146G Marketplace $187,500

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5146G · 5146G

Patek Philippe Ref 5146G

$187,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis Marketplace $47,500

Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis

Roger Dubuis

$47,500
Aug 21, 2026
Jacques Coulin Marketplace $2,375

Jacques Coulin

Jacques Coulin

$2,375
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 1463 · 1463 Marketplace $125,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 1463 · 1463

Patek Philippe Ref 1463

$125,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Marketplace $2,625

IWC Iwc

Iwc

$2,625
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 18039 B 18000 · 18039 Marketplace $11,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 18039 B 18000 · 18039

Rolex Ref 18039 B 18000

$11,250
Aug 21, 2026
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