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

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 968 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 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 47,545,47,568 of 163,212 results

Rolex Rolex Ref 5512 5513 Submariner · 5512 Marketplace $9,375

Rolex Rolex Ref 5512 5513 Submariner · 5512

Rolex Ref 5512 5513 Submariner

$9,375
Aug 21, 2026
Breguet Breguet Ref 8908Bb 52 J20 D000 Reine De Naples · 8908BB Marketplace $187,500

Breguet Breguet Ref 8908Bb 52 J20 D000 Reine De Naples · 8908BB

Breguet Ref 8908Bb 52 J20 D000 Reine De Naples

$187,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Franck Muller Franck Muller Ref 8880 Gd Master Date · 8880 Marketplace $8,750

Franck Muller Franck Muller Ref 8880 Gd Master Date · 8880

Franck Muller Ref 8880 Gd Master Date

$8,750
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Marketplace $3,500

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin

$3,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16520 Daytona · 16520 Marketplace $225,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 16520 Daytona · 16520

Rolex Ref 16520 Daytona

$225,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Ilbery Made In Fleurier Val De Travers And Geneva Marketplace $437,500

Ilbery Made In Fleurier Val De Travers And Geneva

Ilbery Made In Fleurier Val De Travers And Geneva

$437,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Gubelin Les Fables De La Fontaine Marketplace $3,120

Gubelin Les Fables De La Fontaine

Gubelin Les Fables De La Fontaine

$3,120
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 4816 · 4816 Marketplace $8,125

Rolex Rolex Ref 4816 · 4816

Rolex Ref 4816

$8,125
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner · 5513 Marketplace $35,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner · 5513

Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner

$35,000
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Ref 840 029 Saxonia Automatic · 840 Marketplace $125,000

A Lange Sohne Ref 840 029 Saxonia Automatic · 840

A Lange Sohne Ref 840 029 Saxonia Automatic

$125,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Magellan 1521 Marketplace $2,875

Magellan 1521

Magellan 1521

$2,875
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Ref 7375 Chronometre Royal · 7375 Marketplace $5,000

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Ref 7375 Chronometre Royal · 7375

Vacheron Constantin Ref 7375 Chronometre Royal

$5,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 Daytona Project X · 116520 Marketplace $225,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 Daytona Project X · 116520

Rolex Ref 116520 Daytona Project X

$225,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Ilbery Made In Fleurier Val De Travers And Geneva Marketplace $750,000

Ilbery Made In Fleurier Val De Travers And Geneva

Ilbery Made In Fleurier Val De Travers And Geneva

$750,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Antide Janvier Janvier Pour Le C Vincent Marketplace $32,500

Antide Janvier Janvier Pour Le C Vincent

Antide Janvier Janvier Pour Le C Vincent

$32,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6304 Datejust · 6304 Marketplace $16,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 6304 Datejust · 6304

Rolex Ref 6304 Datejust

$16,250
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Marketplace $13,750

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Royal Oak

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak

$13,750
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Ref Wt100003 Tank Anglaise · WT100003 Marketplace $137,500

Cartier Cartier Ref Wt100003 Tank Anglaise · WT100003

Cartier Ref Wt100003 Tank Anglaise

$137,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Breguet Breguet Ref 7800 La Musicale · 7800 Marketplace $30,000

Breguet Breguet Ref 7800 La Musicale · 7800

Breguet Ref 7800 La Musicale

$30,000
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Ref 63940 · 63940 Marketplace $6,250

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Ref 63940 · 63940

Vacheron Constantin Ref 63940

$6,250
Aug 21, 2026
Zenith Zenith Ref 03 1925 692 21 C714 Elite Star Moonphase Marketplace $16,250

Zenith Zenith Ref 03 1925 692 21 C714 Elite Star Moonphase

Zenith Ref 03 1925 692 21 C714 Elite Star Moonphase

$16,250
Aug 21, 2026
Bovet Marketplace $1,900,000

Bovet

Bovet

$1,900,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Bulgari Bulgari Ref Sd 38 S Diagono Scuba Automatic Chronometer Officially Certified Marketplace $910.00

Bulgari Bulgari Ref Sd 38 S Diagono Scuba Automatic Chronometer Officially Certified

Bulgari Ref Sd 38 S Diagono Scuba Automatic Chronometer Officially Certified

$910.00
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6536 1 Submariner · 6536 Marketplace $10,625

Rolex Rolex Ref 6536 1 Submariner · 6536

Rolex Ref 6536 1 Submariner

$10,625
Aug 21, 2026
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