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 49,945,49,968 of 165,718 results

Rolex Rolex Ref 16523 Daytona · 16523 Marketplace $20,880

Rolex Rolex Ref 16523 Daytona · 16523

Rolex Ref 16523 Daytona

$20,880
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 18346 Day Date · 18346 Marketplace $45,675

Rolex Rolex Ref 18346 Day Date · 18346

Rolex Ref 18346 Day Date

$45,675
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1655 Explorer Ii · 1655 Marketplace $28,710

Rolex Rolex Ref 1655 Explorer Ii · 1655

Rolex Ref 1655 Explorer Ii

$28,710
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master · 1675 Marketplace $23,490

Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master · 1675

Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master

$23,490
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 118209 Day Date · 118209 Marketplace $36,540

Rolex Rolex Ref 118209 Day Date · 118209

Rolex Ref 118209 Day Date

$36,540
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1680 Submariner · 1680 Marketplace $31,320

Rolex Rolex Ref 1680 Submariner · 1680

Rolex Ref 1680 Submariner

$31,320
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1665 Sea Dweller · 1665 Marketplace $35,235

Rolex Rolex Ref 1665 Sea Dweller · 1665

Rolex Ref 1665 Sea Dweller

$35,235
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16618 Submariner · 16618 Marketplace $36,540

Rolex Rolex Ref 16618 Submariner · 16618

Rolex Ref 16618 Submariner

$36,540
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 8 Gmt Master · 1675 Marketplace $33,277

Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 8 Gmt Master · 1675

Rolex Ref 1675 8 Gmt Master

$33,277
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref Ck 2998 1 Speedmaster · CK2998-1 Marketplace $36,540

Omega Omega Ref Ck 2998 1 Speedmaster · CK2998-1

Omega Ref Ck 2998 1 Speedmaster

$36,540
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 145 022 Speedmaster Moonwatch · 145 Marketplace $45,675

Omega Omega Ref 145 022 Speedmaster Moonwatch · 145

Omega Ref 145 022 Speedmaster Moonwatch

$45,675
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25860St O 1110St 01 Royal Oak Chronograph · 25860ST Marketplace $49,590

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25860St O 1110St 01 Royal Oak Chronograph · 25860ST

Audemars Piguet Ref 25860St O 1110St 01 Royal Oak Chronograph

$49,590
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16528 Daytona · 16528 Marketplace $58,725

Rolex Rolex Ref 16528 Daytona · 16528

Rolex Ref 16528 Daytona

$58,725
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner · 5513 Marketplace $20,880

Rolex Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner · 5513

Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner

$20,880
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 5512 Submariner · 5512 Marketplace $16,965

Rolex Rolex Ref 5512 Submariner · 5512

Rolex Ref 5512 Submariner

$16,965
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master · 1675 Marketplace $13,702

Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master · 1675

Rolex Ref 1675 Gmt Master

$13,702
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 168628 Yacht Master · 168628 Marketplace $11,745

Rolex Rolex Ref 168628 Yacht Master · 168628

Rolex Ref 168628 Yacht Master

$11,745
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1665 Sea Dweller · 1665 Marketplace $15,660

Rolex Rolex Ref 1665 Sea Dweller · 1665

Rolex Ref 1665 Sea Dweller

$15,660
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16718 Gmt Master · 16718 Marketplace $22,185

Rolex Rolex Ref 16718 Gmt Master · 16718

Rolex Ref 16718 Gmt Master

$22,185
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date · 1803 Marketplace $24,795

Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date · 1803

Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date

$24,795
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16520 Daytona · 16520 Marketplace $33,930

Rolex Rolex Ref 16520 Daytona · 16520

Rolex Ref 16520 Daytona

$33,930
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16808 Submariner · 16808 Marketplace $39,150

Rolex Rolex Ref 16808 Submariner · 16808

Rolex Ref 16808 Submariner

$39,150
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 5402Bc Royal Oak · 5402BC Marketplace $195,750

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 5402Bc Royal Oak · 5402BC

Audemars Piguet Ref 5402Bc Royal Oak

$195,750 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date · 1803 Marketplace $10,440

Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date · 1803

Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date

$10,440
Aug 21, 2026
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