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

Antiquorum

Top house

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 47,641,47,664 of 161,201 results

Zenith Zenith Zenitissimo Marketplace $3,640

Zenith Zenith Zenitissimo

Zenith Zenitissimo

$3,640
Aug 21, 2026
Girard-Perregaux Girard Perregaux Double Dial Marketplace $5,500

Girard-Perregaux Girard Perregaux Double Dial

Girard Perregaux Double Dial

$5,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16520 Cosmograph Daytona · 16520 Marketplace $27,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 16520 Cosmograph Daytona · 16520

Rolex Ref 16520 Cosmograph Daytona

$27,500
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Made For J E Caldwell Co Philadelphia Pennsylvania U S A Marketplace $62,500

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Made For J E Caldwell Co Philadelphia Pennsylvania U S A

Vacheron Constantin Made For J E Caldwell Co Philadelphia Pennsylvania U S A

$62,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Marketplace $6,875

Rolex Rolex

Rolex

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16700 Gmt Master · 16700 Marketplace $8,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 16700 Gmt Master · 16700

Rolex Ref 16700 Gmt Master

$8,750
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref F H 71 2340 2002 33 Top Time Marketplace $2,600

Breitling Breitling Ref F H 71 2340 2002 33 Top Time

Breitling Ref F H 71 2340 2002 33 Top Time

$2,600
Aug 21, 2026
Fritz Piguet Marketplace $4,250

Fritz Piguet

Fritz Piguet

$4,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16519 Cosmograph Daytona · 16519 Marketplace $43,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 16519 Cosmograph Daytona · 16519

Rolex Ref 16519 Cosmograph Daytona

$43,750
Aug 21, 2026
Breguet Breguet Marketplace $100,000

Breguet Breguet

Breguet

$100,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex · 5819 Marketplace $812.00

Rolex Rolex · 5819

Rolex

$812.00
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Ref 2489 Tank Americaine · 2489 Marketplace $6,250

Cartier Cartier Ref 2489 Tank Americaine · 2489

Cartier Ref 2489 Tank Americaine

$6,250
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 1809 Cosmonaute Chrono Matic · 1809 Marketplace $3,900

Breitling Breitling Ref 1809 Cosmonaute Chrono Matic · 1809

Breitling Ref 1809 Cosmonaute Chrono Matic

$3,900
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Marketplace $37,500

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe

Patek Philippe

$37,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16660 Sea Dweller · 16660 Marketplace $22,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 16660 Sea Dweller · 16660

Rolex Ref 16660 Sea Dweller

$22,500
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Made For Frederico Krussmann Cia Relogio De Precisao Rio De Janeiro Brazil Marketplace $125,000

A Lange Sohne Made For Frederico Krussmann Cia Relogio De Precisao Rio De Janeiro Brazil

A Lange Sohne Made For Frederico Krussmann Cia Relogio De Precisao Rio De Janeiro Brazil

$125,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex · 8171 Marketplace $82,500

Rolex Rolex · 8171

Rolex

$82,500
Aug 21, 2026
Eberhart Marketplace $2,500

Eberhart

Eberhart

$2,500
Aug 21, 2026
Edox Marketplace $1,950

Edox

Edox

$1,950
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Marketplace $5,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe

Patek Philippe

$5,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Marketplace $12,500

Rolex Rolex

Rolex

$12,500
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Ref 5967 10 Chronograph · 5967 Marketplace $62,500

Longines Longines Ref 5967 10 Chronograph · 5967

Longines Ref 5967 10 Chronograph

$62,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex · 6238 Marketplace $13,750

Rolex Rolex · 6238

Rolex

$13,750
Aug 21, 2026
Chopard Chopard Ref 4066 Happy Diamonds Floral · 4066 Marketplace $5,875

Chopard Chopard Ref 4066 Happy Diamonds Floral · 4066

Chopard Ref 4066 Happy Diamonds Floral

$5,875
Aug 21, 2026
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