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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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 50,377,50,400 of 165,718 results

Rolex Rolex Day Date · 1803 Marketplace $65,000

Rolex Rolex Day Date · 1803

Rolex Day Date

$65,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6265 6263 · 6265 Marketplace $143,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 6265 6263 · 6265

Rolex Ref 6265 6263

$143,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16520 Cosmograph Daytona · 16520 Marketplace $41,600

Rolex Rolex Ref 16520 Cosmograph Daytona · 16520

Rolex Ref 16520 Cosmograph Daytona

$41,600
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 6262 Daytona Paul Newman · 6263 Marketplace $546,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 6262 Daytona Paul Newman · 6263

Rolex Ref 6263 6262 Daytona Paul Newman

$546,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Minerva Marketplace $4,420

Minerva

Minerva

$4,420
Aug 21, 2026
Minerva Ref 1335 · 1335 Marketplace $4,160

Minerva Ref 1335 · 1335

Minerva Ref 1335

$4,160
Aug 21, 2026
Universal Marketplace $3,640

Universal

Universal

$3,640
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Marketplace $2,080

Omega Omega

Omega

$2,080
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6236 Antimagnetique So Called Jean Claude Killy · 6236 Marketplace $533,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 6236 Antimagnetique So Called Jean Claude Killy · 6236

Rolex Ref 6236 Antimagnetique So Called Jean Claude Killy

$533,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Movado Movado Ref 19018 M90 · 19018 Marketplace $16,250

Movado Movado Ref 19018 M90 · 19018

Movado Ref 19018 M90

$16,250
Aug 21, 2026
Movado Movado Ref 4823 · 4823 Marketplace $2,750

Movado Movado Ref 4823 · 4823

Movado Ref 4823

$2,750
Aug 21, 2026
Universal Geneve Universal Geneve Ref 22279 Tri Compax · 22279 Marketplace $4,500

Universal Geneve Universal Geneve Ref 22279 Tri Compax · 22279

Universal Geneve Ref 22279 Tri Compax

$4,500
Aug 21, 2026
Anonymous Ref 734 · 734 Marketplace $5,625

Anonymous Ref 734 · 734

Anonymous Ref 734

$5,625
Aug 21, 2026
Universal Geneve Universal Geneve Ref 20209 · 20209 Marketplace $3,250

Universal Geneve Universal Geneve Ref 20209 · 20209

Universal Geneve Ref 20209

$3,250
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Heuer Marketplace $5,625

Heuer Heuer

Heuer

$5,625
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Heuer Ref 2446 Autavia · 2446 Marketplace $8,125

Heuer Heuer Ref 2446 Autavia · 2446

Heuer Ref 2446 Autavia

$8,125
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 7656 Top Time · 7656 Marketplace $5,500

Breitling Breitling Ref 7656 Top Time · 7656

Breitling Ref 7656 Top Time

$5,500
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 7806 Navitimer · 7806 Marketplace $3,000

Breitling Breitling Ref 7806 Navitimer · 7806

Breitling Ref 7806 Navitimer

$3,000
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 806 Navitimer · 806 Marketplace $2,375

Breitling Breitling Ref 806 Navitimer · 806

Breitling Ref 806 Navitimer

$2,375
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 769 Chronomat · 769 Marketplace $3,000

Breitling Breitling Ref 769 Chronomat · 769

Breitling Ref 769 Chronomat

$3,000
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 145 022 Speedmaster · 145 Marketplace $3,250

Omega Omega Ref 145 022 Speedmaster · 145

Omega Ref 145 022 Speedmaster

$3,250
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 3570 50 Speedmaster · 3570 Marketplace $3,250

Omega Omega Ref 3570 50 Speedmaster · 3570

Omega Ref 3570 50 Speedmaster

$3,250
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 145 022 69 Speedmaster · 145 Marketplace $3,500

Omega Omega Ref 145 022 69 Speedmaster · 145

Omega Ref 145 022 69 Speedmaster

$3,500
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 3590 50 Speedmaster · 3590 Marketplace $3,250

Omega Omega Ref 3590 50 Speedmaster · 3590

Omega Ref 3590 50 Speedmaster

$3,250
Aug 21, 2026
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