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

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 49–56 of 26,523 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 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 46,177,46,200 of 165,718 results

Rolex Rolex Ref 6098 Big Bubble Back · 6098 Marketplace $50,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 6098 Big Bubble Back · 6098

Rolex Ref 6098 Big Bubble Back

$50,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 3372 Oyster Perpetual Hooded Bubble Back · 3372 Marketplace $21,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 3372 Oyster Perpetual Hooded Bubble Back · 3372

Rolex Ref 3372 Oyster Perpetual Hooded Bubble Back

$21,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 8126 Perpetual · 8126 Marketplace $62,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 8126 Perpetual · 8126

Rolex Ref 8126 Perpetual

$62,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 5015 Bubble Back · 5015 Marketplace $12,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 5015 Bubble Back · 5015

Rolex Ref 5015 Bubble Back

$12,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6084 Oyster Perpetual · 6084 Marketplace $15,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 6084 Oyster Perpetual · 6084

Rolex Ref 6084 Oyster Perpetual

$15,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1601 Datejust · 1601 Marketplace $20,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 1601 Datejust · 1601

Rolex Ref 1601 Datejust

$20,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16014 Datejust · 16014 Marketplace $25,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 16014 Datejust · 16014

Rolex Ref 16014 Datejust

$25,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 3595 Bubble Back · 3595 Marketplace $81,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 3595 Bubble Back · 3595

Rolex Ref 3595 Bubble Back

$81,250
Aug 21, 2026
Zenith Zenith Port Royal Marketplace $33,750

Zenith Zenith Port Royal

Zenith Port Royal

$33,750
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3410 · 3410 Marketplace $83,750

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3410 · 3410

Patek Philippe Ref 3410

$83,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 9659 Precision · 9659 Marketplace $25,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 9659 Precision · 9659

Rolex Ref 9659 Precision

$25,000
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Ref 6378Q · 6378Q Marketplace $75,000

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Ref 6378Q · 6378Q

Vacheron Constantin Ref 6378Q

$75,000
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Ref 31045 · 31045 Marketplace $81,250

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Ref 31045 · 31045

Vacheron Constantin Ref 31045

$81,250
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Ref 47240 240Th Anniversary Of Vacheron Constantin · 47240 Marketplace $93,750

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Ref 47240 240Th Anniversary Of Vacheron Constantin · 47240

Vacheron Constantin Ref 47240 240Th Anniversary Of Vacheron Constantin

$93,750
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Vintage Marketplace $50,000

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Vintage

Vacheron Constantin Vintage

$50,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1138 Cocktail · 1138 Marketplace $25,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 1138 Cocktail · 1138

Rolex Ref 1138 Cocktail

$25,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Datejust Marketplace $93,750

Rolex Rolex Datejust

Rolex Datejust

$93,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 18248 Day Date · 18248 Marketplace $120,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 18248 Day Date · 18248

Rolex Ref 18248 Day Date

$120,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 18039 Day Date · 18039 Marketplace $118,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 18039 Day Date · 18039

Rolex Ref 18039 Day Date

$118,750 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 18238 Day Date · 18238 Marketplace $162,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 18238 Day Date · 18238

Rolex Ref 18238 Day Date

$162,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 18038 Day Date · 18038 Marketplace $200,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 18038 Day Date · 18038

Rolex Ref 18038 Day Date

$200,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 18238 Day Date · 18238 Marketplace $262,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 18238 Day Date · 18238

Rolex Ref 18238 Day Date

$262,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Zenith Zenith Ref 18 9000 9004 71 R585 Defy El Primero 21 · 18.9000.9004/71.R585 Marketplace $81,250

Zenith Zenith Ref 18 9000 9004 71 R585 Defy El Primero 21 · 18.9000.9004/71.R585

Zenith Ref 18 9000 9004 71 R585 Defy El Primero 21

$81,250
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 35752000 Speedmaster Professional · 35752000 Marketplace $32,500

Omega Omega Ref 35752000 Speedmaster Professional · 35752000

Omega Ref 35752000 Speedmaster Professional

$32,500
Aug 21, 2026
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