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

£22,315

Average hammer, USD sales

£10,211,453

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 47,809,47,832 of 153,818 results

Blancpain Blancpain Ref 4082 3642 55 · 4082 Marketplace £6,876

Blancpain Blancpain Ref 4082 3642 55 · 4082

Blancpain Ref 4082 3642 55

£6,876
Aug 21, 2026
Breguet Breguet Marketplace £77,932

Breguet Breguet

Breguet

£77,932 Record
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref 3545 · 3545 Marketplace £4,401

IWC Iwc Ref 3545 · 3545

Iwc Ref 3545

£4,401
Aug 21, 2026
Faberger Marketplace £18,337

Faberger

Faberger

£18,337
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace £3,026

Unsigned

Unsigned

£3,026
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Heuer Super Autavia Mastertime Montecarlo X2 Marketplace £10,085

Heuer Heuer Super Autavia Mastertime Montecarlo X2

Heuer Super Autavia Mastertime Montecarlo X2

£10,085
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Marketplace £4,584

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet

Audemars Piguet

£4,584
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6549 · 6549 Marketplace £504.63

Rolex Rolex Ref 6549 · 6549

Rolex Ref 6549

£504.63
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Marketplace £8,252

Longines Longines

Longines

£8,252
Aug 21, 2026
Lemania Marketplace £13,753

Lemania

Lemania

£13,753
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref 3764 · 3764 Marketplace £6,876

IWC Iwc Ref 3764 · 3764

Iwc Ref 3764

£6,876
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace £6,876

Unsigned

Unsigned

£6,876
Aug 21, 2026
Gayetano Sanchez Marketplace £7,151

Gayetano Sanchez

Gayetano Sanchez

£7,151
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Heuer Montecarlo Mastertime Sebring Marketplace £5,501

Heuer Heuer Montecarlo Mastertime Sebring

Heuer Montecarlo Mastertime Sebring

£5,501
Aug 21, 2026
Piaget Piaget Ref 84433 · 84433 Marketplace £3,209

Piaget Piaget Ref 84433 · 84433

Piaget Ref 84433

£3,209
Aug 21, 2026
Henri Grandjean Co Marketplace £2,567

Henri Grandjean Co

Henri Grandjean Co

£2,567
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Marketplace £5,501

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre

Jaeger Lecoultre

£5,501
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Ref 2319 · 2319 Marketplace £6,876

Cartier Cartier Ref 2319 · 2319

Cartier Ref 2319

£6,876
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref 3712 · 3712 Marketplace £7,335

IWC Iwc Ref 3712 · 3712

Iwc Ref 3712

£7,335
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace £7,793

Unsigned

Unsigned

£7,793
Aug 21, 2026
Dumas Marketplace £2,751

Dumas

Dumas

£2,751
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Heuer Ref 1133 G Monaco · 1133 Marketplace £12,836

Heuer Heuer Ref 1133 G Monaco · 1133

Heuer Ref 1133 G Monaco

£12,836
Aug 21, 2026
Royal Diamond Ref Ba 812 Marketplace £3,301

Royal Diamond Ref Ba 812

Royal Diamond Ref Ba 812

£3,301
Aug 21, 2026
Perrenoud And Cie Marketplace £4,126

Perrenoud And Cie

Perrenoud And Cie

£4,126
Aug 21, 2026
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