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

$27,741

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 148,889 completed sales from 1989 to Aug 2026.

Refreshed weekly, latest sale 21 Aug 2026.

48% above estimate 45% within 7% below
Lot Watch Estimate Result Vs estimate

These watches were catalogued and offered at auction, but the house does not publish what they sold for. The estimate is what the specialists expected them to make.

Showing 1–30 of 13,973 lots with prices not disclosed. 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 47,161,47,184 of 165,684 results

Rolex Rolex Ref 18038 Day Date · 18038 Marketplace $30,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 18038 Day Date · 18038

Rolex Ref 18038 Day Date

$30,000
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 4774 1 · 4774 Marketplace $7,500

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 4774 1 · 4774

Patek Philippe Ref 4774 1

$7,500
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5980 1A 014 Nautilus · 5980 Marketplace $650,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5980 1A 014 Nautilus · 5980

Patek Philippe Ref 5980 1A 014 Nautilus

$650,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Henry Capt Marketplace $5,000

Henry Capt

Henry Capt

$5,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 18049 Day Date · 18049 Marketplace $143,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 18049 Day Date · 18049

Rolex Ref 18049 Day Date

$143,750 Record
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Calatrava Marketplace $1,750

IWC Iwc Calatrava

Iwc Calatrava

$1,750
Aug 21, 2026
Edmund Bull Marketplace $32,500

Edmund Bull

Edmund Bull

$32,500
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Mystery Marketplace $18,750

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Mystery

Jaeger Lecoultre Mystery

$18,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 228238 Day Date 40 · 228238 Marketplace $32,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 228238 Day Date 40 · 228238

Rolex Ref 228238 Day Date 40

$32,500
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 240 2 19 Reverso Septantieme · 240 Marketplace $13,750

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 240 2 19 Reverso Septantieme · 240

Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 240 2 19 Reverso Septantieme

$13,750
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Ref Crws000307 Le Cirque Animalier Dragon · CRWS000307 Marketplace $525,000

Cartier Cartier Ref Crws000307 Le Cirque Animalier Dragon · CRWS000307

Cartier Ref Crws000307 Le Cirque Animalier Dragon

$525,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Joseph White Sons Marketplace $9,375

Joseph White Sons

Joseph White Sons

$9,375
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16519 Daytona · 16519 Marketplace $212,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 16519 Daytona · 16519

Rolex Ref 16519 Daytona

$212,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Marketplace $2,250

IWC Iwc

Iwc

$2,250
Aug 21, 2026
Vollenhove Marketplace $13,750

Vollenhove

Vollenhove

$13,750
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 197 7 264 Constellation · 197 Marketplace $37,500

Omega Omega Ref 197 7 264 Constellation · 197

Omega Ref 197 7 264 Constellation

$37,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 118206 Day Date · 118206 Marketplace $30,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 118206 Day Date · 118206

Rolex Ref 118206 Day Date

$30,000
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 270 8 54 Reverso Night Day · 270 Marketplace $6,250

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 270 8 54 Reverso Night Day · 270

Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 270 8 54 Reverso Night Day

$6,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16519 Daytona · 16519 Marketplace $525,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 16519 Daytona · 16519

Rolex Ref 16519 Daytona

$525,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Jules Jurgensen Marketplace $3,750

Jules Jurgensen

Jules Jurgensen

$3,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16234 Datejust · 16234 Marketplace $112,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 16234 Datejust · 16234

Rolex Ref 16234 Datejust

$112,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Gubelin Ref 4820 · 4820 Marketplace $3,500

Gubelin Ref 4820 · 4820

Gubelin Ref 4820

$3,500
Aug 21, 2026
Nicolas Le Noir And Guillaume Bouvier Marketplace $7,500

Nicolas Le Noir And Guillaume Bouvier

Nicolas Le Noir And Guillaume Bouvier

$7,500
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3520J Calatrava · 3520J Marketplace $35,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3520J Calatrava · 3520J

Patek Philippe Ref 3520J Calatrava

$35,000
Aug 21, 2026
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