Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
208,074
Lots
$27,384
Average hammer, USD sales
$13,922,000
Record, USD sales
Antiquorum
Top house
47% of lots beat their high estimate and only 7% fell short of the low, across 161,305 completed sales from 1989 to Sep 2026.
Refreshed weekly, latest sale 18 Sep 2026.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 |
From The Set of Le Mans (1971) | A set of one Heuer Chronogra…
|
$8,000–16,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 94 |
Reference 5512 Submariner 'Meters First' | A stainless steel …
1966 |
$20,000–40,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 95 |
Reference 1680 Submariner | Retailed by Tiffany & Co.: A stai…
1978 |
$20,000–40,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 96 |
Reference 6239 'Paul Newman' Daytona | A stainless steel chro…
1968 |
$120,000–240,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 97 |
Reference ST 165.024 Seamaster 300 'Military' | A stainless s…
1967 |
$30,000–60,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 98 |
Fifty Fathoms Aqua-Lung | A stainless steel automatic wristwa…
1960 |
$20,000–40,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 99 |
Reference S37 5707 5 Sympathie Bi-Retrograde | A limited edit…
1999 |
$15,000–30,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 100 |
Reference H40 500 Hommage Monopoussoir | A rare limited editi…
1999 |
$25,000–50,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 101 |
Reference H37 5739 5 Homage | A limited edition pink gold aut…
2000 |
$15,000–30,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 102 |
Reference G1970.8 | Retailed by Royama: A white gold and diam…
1980 |
$12,000–24,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 103 |
A rare Art Deco platinum and yellow gold diamond-set wristwat…
1920 |
$20,000–40,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 104 |
Diabolo | A yellow gold, platinum, enamel and diamond-set lad…
1908 |
$15,000–20,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 105 |
Tonneau | A yellow gold curved tonneau form wristwatch with P…
1916 |
$15,000–25,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 106 |
Tank Cintrée | A yellow gold curved rectangular wristwatch wi…
1926 |
$20,000–30,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 107 |
Tank L.C. | London retailed: A yellow gold rectangular wristw…
1927 |
$20,000–30,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 108 |
Maxi Ronde | A large and extremely rare yellow gold circular …
1971 |
$20,000–30,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 109 |
Tank Louis Cartier Extra Flat | A rare and slim yellow gold r…
|
$18,000–25,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 110 |
Tank Normale | A yellow gold rectangular wristwatch with yell…
1950 |
$25,000–35,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 111 |
Reference 608 Tank Bec d'Agile | A yellow gold rear-wound rec…
1959 |
$20,000–30,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 112 |
Driver | New York retailed: An unusual yellow gold deeply cur…
1973 |
$30,000–50,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 113 |
Octagonal | A rare yellow gold octagonal wristwatch with orig…
1976 |
$70,000–100,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 114 |
Reference 1151 Tank Louis | A possibly unique yellow gold wri…
1990 |
$20,000–40,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 115 |
Reference 2488 Tank Asymétrique | A limited edition platinum …
1996 |
$40,000–60,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 116 |
Construction Crew | An autographed construction hard hat give…
2021 |
$4,000–8,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 117 |
Pendulette Réveil Souveraine | A stainless steel table clock …
2025 |
$3,000–6,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 118 |
A pair of subsidiary desk clocks made by Patek Philippe for R…
1975 |
$15,000–30,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 119 |
Reference 16528 'Inverted 6 Zenith' Daytona | A yellow gold a…
1992 |
$30,000–50,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 120 |
Reference 116589 Daytona | A white gold and diamond-set autom…
2000 |
$20,000–40,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 121 |
Reference 116519 ‘Beach’ Daytona | A set of four white gold a…
2000 |
$200,000–400,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
| 122 |
Reference 16589SACI Daytona | A white gold, diamond, and sapp…
1997 |
$80,000–160,000 | Unsold no bid met the reserve | – |
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 241–270 of 26,492 unsold lots. Prices as reported by the auction house, in the sale's original currency.
Curated from publicly documented auction results. Realized prices, hammer plus premium, never asking prices.
The most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction. A one-off in steel with 20 complications, sold for charity.
Pocket watch with 24 complications, commissioned in 1925. Held the all-time record for years.
Paul Newman's own exotic-dial Daytona, a gift from Joanne Woodward. The most expensive Rolex ever sold.
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
The only known white gold manual-wind Daytona. Sold for charity.
The first wristwatch by the master finisher, a grande sonnerie minute repeater.
Black-dial triple calendar moonphase owned by the last emperor of Vietnam.
Handmade pocket watch by the greatest watchmaker of the 20th century.
First-generation Speedmaster from 1957 with tropical dial, a record for Omega.
Worn by Brando in Apocalypse Now, bezel removed, caseback hand-engraved by Brando.
Steel prototype with 18 complications, sold for charity.
Double-faced grand complication, one of Patek's most complicated wristwatches.
Showing 1,24 of 208,074 results
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$2,500
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$1,750
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$1,750
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$3,000
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$1,375
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$2,500
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$2,750
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$2,750
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$1,375
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$2,750
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$1,875
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$1,875
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$2,875
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$2,250
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$15,000
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$3,375
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$3,125
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$4,130
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$3,620,000
Patek Philippe Ref Ref 3939
Auction
$1,580,000
Patek Philippe Ref Ref 5970
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$836,000
Patek Philippe Ref Ref 5070
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$412,500
Patek Philippe Ref Ref 5038
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$6,020,000
Auction
$1,220,000
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