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 1–100 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 46,753,46,776 of 165,718 results

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Ref 573 22 Chronosplit Berlin 1912 · 573 Marketplace $4,000

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Ref 573 22 Chronosplit Berlin 1912 · 573

Ulysse Nardin Ref 573 22 Chronosplit Berlin 1912

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref E 558 Deep Sea Master Mariner Marketplace $6,875

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref E 558 Deep Sea Master Mariner

Jaeger Lecoultre Ref E 558 Deep Sea Master Mariner

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Carillon Westminster Marketplace $23,750

Longines Longines Carillon Westminster

Longines Carillon Westminster

$23,750
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref Ck2947 1 Seamaster · CK2947 Marketplace $47,500

Omega Omega Ref Ck2947 1 Seamaster · CK2947

Omega Ref Ck2947 1 Seamaster

$47,500
Aug 21, 2026
Gerald Genta · G.3481.7 Marketplace $12,500

Gerald Genta · G.3481.7

Gerald Genta

$12,500
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Panthere Marketplace $2,730

Cartier Cartier Panthere

Cartier Panthere

$2,730
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Queue De Vache Clock Marketplace $5,625

Unsigned Queue De Vache Clock

Unsigned Queue De Vache Clock

$5,625
Aug 21, 2026
Franck Muller Franck Muller Endurance 24 Marketplace $4,250

Franck Muller Franck Muller Endurance 24

Franck Muller Endurance 24

$4,250
Aug 21, 2026
Lecoultre Memovox Hpg Marketplace $2,000

Lecoultre Memovox Hpg

Lecoultre Memovox Hpg

$2,000
Aug 21, 2026
Paul Jeannot Marketplace $8,125

Paul Jeannot

Paul Jeannot

$8,125
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Marketplace $9,375

IWC Iwc

Iwc

$9,375
Aug 21, 2026
Gerald Genta Ref G2734 7 · G2734 Marketplace $2,750

Gerald Genta Ref G2734 7 · G2734

Gerald Genta Ref G2734 7

$2,750
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3700 011 Nautilus · 3700 Marketplace $97,500

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3700 011 Nautilus · 3700

Patek Philippe Ref 3700 011 Nautilus

$97,500
Aug 21, 2026
Thomas Hughes London Marketplace $7,500

Thomas Hughes London

Thomas Hughes London

$7,500
Aug 21, 2026
Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis Sympathie Marketplace $10,000

Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis Sympathie

Roger Dubuis Sympathie

$10,000
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 270 6 49 Reverso Platinum Number One · 270 Marketplace $18,750

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 270 6 49 Reverso Platinum Number One · 270

Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 270 6 49 Reverso Platinum Number One

$18,750
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $16,250

Unsigned

Unsigned

$16,250
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Marketplace $12,500

IWC Iwc

Iwc

$12,500
Aug 21, 2026
Chopard Chopard Ref 137626 Sparkling · 137626 Marketplace $6,250

Chopard Chopard Ref 137626 Sparkling · 137626

Chopard Ref 137626 Sparkling

$6,250
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 14802St Royal Oak Jubilee · 14802ST Marketplace $45,500

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 14802St Royal Oak Jubilee · 14802ST

Audemars Piguet Ref 14802St Royal Oak Jubilee

$45,500
Aug 21, 2026
James Mccabe Marketplace $5,250

James Mccabe

James Mccabe

$5,250
Aug 21, 2026
Franck Muller Franck Muller Ref 5850 Cintree Curvex World Time · 5850 Marketplace $6,875

Franck Muller Franck Muller Ref 5850 Cintree Curvex World Time · 5850

Franck Muller Ref 5850 Cintree Curvex World Time

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 230 8 45 Reverso Squadra · 230 Marketplace $3,250

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 230 8 45 Reverso Squadra · 230

Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 230 8 45 Reverso Squadra

$3,250
Aug 21, 2026
Union Horlogere Marketplace $1,750

Union Horlogere

Union Horlogere

$1,750
Aug 21, 2026
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