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

Antiquorum

Top house

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 57–64 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 49,609,49,632 of 165,718 results

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Marketplace $5,625

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe

Patek Philippe

$5,625
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Marketplace $2,250

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin

$2,250
Aug 21, 2026
Smith And Son Carrousel Marketplace $15,000

Smith And Son Carrousel

Smith And Son Carrousel

$15,000
Aug 21, 2026
B Haas Jeune Marketplace $6,250

B Haas Jeune

B Haas Jeune

$6,250
Aug 21, 2026
H R Ekegren Marketplace $8,750

H R Ekegren

H R Ekegren

$8,750
Aug 21, 2026
Louis Audemars Double Face Marketplace $21,250

Louis Audemars Double Face

Louis Audemars Double Face

$21,250
Aug 21, 2026
Jules Jurgensen Marketplace $15,000

Jules Jurgensen

Jules Jurgensen

$15,000
Aug 21, 2026
Girard-Perregaux Girard Perregaux Marketplace $3,750

Girard-Perregaux Girard Perregaux

Girard Perregaux

$3,750
Aug 21, 2026
Lecoultre Marketplace $23,750

Lecoultre

Lecoultre

$23,750
Aug 21, 2026
Edouard Ducommun Marketplace $23,750

Edouard Ducommun

Edouard Ducommun

$23,750
Aug 21, 2026
Truitte Mourier Marketplace $8,750

Truitte Mourier

Truitte Mourier

$8,750
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Enamel By Les Deux Freres Huaut Marketplace $20,000

Unsigned Enamel By Les Deux Freres Huaut

Unsigned Enamel By Les Deux Freres Huaut

$20,000
Aug 21, 2026
Fromanteel Clarke London Marketplace $10,000

Fromanteel Clarke London

Fromanteel Clarke London

$10,000
Aug 21, 2026
Gabriel Tallans Marketplace $3,625

Gabriel Tallans

Gabriel Tallans

$3,625
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $25,000

Unsigned

Unsigned

$25,000
Aug 21, 2026
Freres Rochat Marketplace $32,500

Freres Rochat

Freres Rochat

$32,500
Aug 21, 2026
Henry Capt Marketplace $55,000

Henry Capt

Henry Capt

$55,000
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $70,000

Unsigned

Unsigned

$70,000
Aug 21, 2026
Terond Ranier Marketplace $20,000

Terond Ranier

Terond Ranier

$20,000
Aug 21, 2026
Lecoultre Marketplace $1,375

Lecoultre

Lecoultre

$1,375
Aug 21, 2026
Griesbaum Marketplace $11,875

Griesbaum

Griesbaum

$11,875
Aug 21, 2026
Chopard Chopard Ref 2080 1 · 2080 Marketplace $9,375

Chopard Chopard Ref 2080 1 · 2080

Chopard Ref 2080 1

$9,375
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 4010 St · 4010 Marketplace $4,000

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 4010 St · 4010

Audemars Piguet Ref 4010 St

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
Piaget Piaget Ref 12345A8 · 12345A8 Marketplace $12,500

Piaget Piaget Ref 12345A8 · 12345A8

Piaget Ref 12345A8

$12,500
Aug 21, 2026
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