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 65–72 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 49,921,49,944 of 165,718 results

Rolex Rolex Ref 4335 Cellini · 4335 Marketplace $3,784

Rolex Rolex Ref 4335 Cellini · 4335

Rolex Ref 4335 Cellini

$3,784
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6285 Oyster Perpetual · 6285 Marketplace $3,915

Rolex Rolex Ref 6285 Oyster Perpetual · 6285

Rolex Ref 6285 Oyster Perpetual

$3,915
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1500 Oyster Perpetual Date · 1500 Marketplace $4,698

Rolex Rolex Ref 1500 Oyster Perpetual Date · 1500

Rolex Ref 1500 Oyster Perpetual Date

$4,698
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 809 Navitimer Cosmonaute · 809 Marketplace $4,698

Breitling Breitling Ref 809 Navitimer Cosmonaute · 809

Breitling Ref 809 Navitimer Cosmonaute

$4,698
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 15038 Oyster Perpetual Date · 15038 Marketplace $4,698

Rolex Rolex Ref 15038 Oyster Perpetual Date · 15038

Rolex Ref 15038 Oyster Perpetual Date

$4,698
Aug 21, 2026
Leonidas Ref Cp2 Chronograph · CP2 Marketplace $5,220

Leonidas Ref Cp2 Chronograph · CP2

Leonidas Ref Cp2 Chronograph

$5,220
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust Lady · 6917 Marketplace $6,003

Rolex Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust Lady · 6917

Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust Lady

$6,003
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust Lady · 6917 Marketplace $6,786

Rolex Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust Lady · 6917

Rolex Ref 6917 Datejust Lady

$6,786
Aug 21, 2026
Chanel Ref J12 J12 Marine · J12 Marketplace $3,393

Chanel Ref J12 J12 Marine · J12

Chanel Ref J12 J12 Marine

$3,393
Aug 21, 2026
Tudor Tudor Ref 79180 Big Block · 79180 Marketplace $5,742

Tudor Tudor Ref 79180 Big Block · 79180

Tudor Ref 79180 Big Block

$5,742
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 817 Military Chronograph · 817 Marketplace $7,177

Breitling Breitling Ref 817 Military Chronograph · 817

Breitling Ref 817 Military Chronograph

$7,177
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1501 Oyster Perpetual Date · 1501 Marketplace $5,220

Rolex Rolex Ref 1501 Oyster Perpetual Date · 1501

Rolex Ref 1501 Oyster Perpetual Date

$5,220
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date · 1803 Marketplace $11,745

Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date · 1803

Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date

$11,745
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 66270St Royal Oak · 66270ST Marketplace $8,482

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 66270St Royal Oak · 66270ST

Audemars Piguet Ref 66270St Royal Oak

$8,482
Aug 21, 2026
Tudor Tudor Ref 79090 Submariner · 79090 Marketplace $7,830

Tudor Tudor Ref 79090 Submariner · 79090

Tudor Ref 79090 Submariner

$7,830
Aug 21, 2026
Tudor Tudor Ref 79170 Oyster Date · 79170 Marketplace $8,482

Tudor Tudor Ref 79170 Oyster Date · 79170

Tudor Ref 79170 Oyster Date

$8,482
Aug 21, 2026
Tudor Tudor Ref 79180 Big Block · 79180 Marketplace $9,787

Tudor Tudor Ref 79180 Big Block · 79180

Tudor Ref 79180 Big Block

$9,787
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16800 Submariner · 16800 Marketplace $11,745

Rolex Rolex Ref 16800 Submariner · 16800

Rolex Ref 16800 Submariner

$11,745
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1680 Submariner · 1680 Marketplace $11,484

Rolex Rolex Ref 1680 Submariner · 1680

Rolex Ref 1680 Submariner

$11,484
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16750 Gmt Master · 16750 Marketplace $12,397

Rolex Rolex Ref 16750 Gmt Master · 16750

Rolex Ref 16750 Gmt Master

$12,397
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner · 5513 Marketplace $15,007

Rolex Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner · 5513

Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner

$15,007
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1016 Explorer · 1016 Marketplace $15,660

Rolex Rolex Ref 1016 Explorer · 1016

Rolex Ref 1016 Explorer

$15,660
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 19018 Day Date Oysterquartz · 19018 Marketplace $18,270

Rolex Rolex Ref 19018 Day Date Oysterquartz · 19018

Rolex Ref 19018 Day Date Oysterquartz

$18,270
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1680 Submariner · 1680 Marketplace $20,880

Rolex Rolex Ref 1680 Submariner · 1680

Rolex Ref 1680 Submariner

$20,880
Aug 21, 2026
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