Auction results

Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.

150,147

Lots

$30,423

Average hammer, USD sales

$13,922,000

Record, USD sales

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What watches actually sold for

49% of lots beat their high estimate and only 6% fell short of the low, across 73,697 completed sales from 1991 to Aug 2026.

Refreshed weekly, latest sale 21 Aug 2026.

49% above estimate 45% within 6% below
Lot Watch Estimate Result Vs estimate

Showing 1–100 of 150,140 completed sales. 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 archive270 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 archive57 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 archive204 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 archive35 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 archive3 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 archive502 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 47,521,47,544 of 163,212 results

Rolex Rolex Ref 126300 Datejust · 126300 Marketplace $23,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 126300 Datejust · 126300

Rolex Ref 126300 Datejust

$23,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6285 1 Oyster Perpetual · 6285 Marketplace $75,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 6285 1 Oyster Perpetual · 6285

Rolex Ref 6285 1 Oyster Perpetual

$75,000
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref Iw325313 Mark Xv · IW325313 Marketplace $3,500

IWC Iwc Ref Iw325313 Mark Xv · IW325313

Iwc Ref Iw325313 Mark Xv

$3,500
Aug 21, 2026
Angelus Angelus Globe Marketplace $6,875

Angelus Angelus Globe

Angelus Globe

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116680 Yacht Master Ii · 116680 Marketplace $151,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 116680 Yacht Master Ii · 116680

Rolex Ref 116680 Yacht Master Ii

$151,250 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Breguet Breguet Apocryphal Signature Not Abraham Louis Breguet Probably Made In Geneva Marketplace $80,000

Breguet Breguet Apocryphal Signature Not Abraham Louis Breguet Probably Made In Geneva

Breguet Apocryphal Signature Not Abraham Louis Breguet Probably Made In Geneva

$80,000
Aug 21, 2026
Tudor Tudor Ref 79230 Dk Heritage Black Bay Dark 200 M 660 Ft Chronometer Officially Certified · 79230 Marketplace $3,900

Tudor Tudor Ref 79230 Dk Heritage Black Bay Dark 200 M 660 Ft Chronometer Officially Certified · 79230

Tudor Ref 79230 Dk Heritage Black Bay Dark 200 M 660 Ft Chronometer Officially Certified

$3,900
Aug 21, 2026
Chopard Chopard Ref 5031 1 · 5031 Marketplace $6,875

Chopard Chopard Ref 5031 1 · 5031

Chopard Ref 5031 1

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner · 5513 Marketplace $11,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner · 5513

Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner

$11,250
Aug 21, 2026
Universal Ref 112310 1A · 112310 Marketplace $21,250

Universal Ref 112310 1A · 112310

Universal Ref 112310 1A

$21,250
Aug 21, 2026
Michael Jordi Twins Grand Double Face Marketplace $11,875

Michael Jordi Twins Grand Double Face

Michael Jordi Twins Grand Double Face

$11,875
Aug 21, 2026
Paul Buhre Chronometre Marketplace $2,125

Paul Buhre Chronometre

Paul Buhre Chronometre

$2,125
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116500Ln Daytona · 116500LN Marketplace $375,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 116500Ln Daytona · 116500LN

Rolex Ref 116500Ln Daytona

$375,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Robert Courvoisier Marketplace $212,500

Robert Courvoisier

Robert Courvoisier

$212,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Deck Chronometer Marketplace $3,900

Rolex Rolex Deck Chronometer

Rolex Deck Chronometer

$3,900
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 8283 2326 De Ville · 8283 Marketplace $2,750

Omega Omega Ref 8283 2326 De Ville · 8283

Omega Ref 8283 2326 De Ville

$2,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 168000 Submariner · 168000 Marketplace $11,875

Rolex Rolex Ref 168000 Submariner · 168000

Rolex Ref 168000 Submariner

$11,875
Aug 21, 2026
Gerald Genta Circa 1990S Marketplace $62,500

Gerald Genta Circa 1990S

Gerald Genta Circa 1990S

$62,500
Aug 21, 2026
Arnold Son Ref 1Qpar S07A C20Bd True North Perpetual · 1QPAR Marketplace $13,750

Arnold Son Ref 1Qpar S07A C20Bd True North Perpetual · 1QPAR

Arnold Son Ref 1Qpar S07A C20Bd True North Perpetual

$13,750
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Chronometer Marketplace $17,500

Longines Longines Chronometer

Longines Chronometer

$17,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16523 Daytona · 16523 Marketplace $200,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 16523 Daytona · 16523

Rolex Ref 16523 Daytona

$200,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Pierre Rigaud Marketplace $75,000

Pierre Rigaud

Pierre Rigaud

$75,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1559 Sporting Prince Retailed By Alex Clark · 1559 Marketplace $9,100

Rolex Rolex Ref 1559 Sporting Prince Retailed By Alex Clark · 1559

Rolex Ref 1559 Sporting Prince Retailed By Alex Clark

$9,100
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Marketplace $2,500

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet

Audemars Piguet

$2,500
Aug 21, 2026
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