Auction results

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

150,140

Lots

$30,413

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 73,690 completed sales from 1991 to Aug 2026.

Refreshed weekly, latest sale 19 Aug 2026.

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

Showing 1–30 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 48,601,48,624 of 153,811 results

Juvenia Marketplace $10,000

Juvenia

Juvenia

$10,000
Aug 21, 2026
Panerai Officine Panerai Ref Op 6727 Marketplace $25,000

Panerai Officine Panerai Ref Op 6727

Officine Panerai Ref Op 6727

$25,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 80298 · 80298 Marketplace $40,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 80298 · 80298

Rolex Ref 80298

$40,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 · 116520 Marketplace $68,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 · 116520

Rolex Ref 116520

$68,750
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Heuer Marketplace $5,625

Heuer Heuer

Heuer

$5,625
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1601 Datejust · 1601 Marketplace $32,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 1601 Datejust · 1601

Rolex Ref 1601 Datejust

$32,500
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 26020St Royal Oak Off Shore · 26020ST Marketplace $10,625

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 26020St Royal Oak Off Shore · 26020ST

Audemars Piguet Ref 26020St Royal Oak Off Shore

$10,625
Aug 21, 2026
Girard-Perregaux Girard Perregaux Ref 49539 · 49539 Marketplace $16,250

Girard-Perregaux Girard Perregaux Ref 49539 · 49539

Girard Perregaux Ref 49539

$16,250
Aug 21, 2026
Mido Melik Mido Marketplace $1,750

Mido Melik Mido

Melik Mido

$1,750
Aug 21, 2026
Panerai Panerai Marketplace $31,250

Panerai Panerai

Panerai

$31,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 69298 · 69298 Marketplace $32,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 69298 · 69298

Rolex Ref 69298

$32,500
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Marketplace $6,250

Longines Longines

Longines

$6,250
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Heuer Marketplace $6,875

Heuer Heuer

Heuer

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 18038 Oyster Perpetual Day Date · 18038 Marketplace $112,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 18038 Oyster Perpetual Day Date · 18038

Rolex Ref 18038 Oyster Perpetual Day Date

$112,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 67601St Royal Oak Off Lady · 67601ST Marketplace $5,750

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 67601St Royal Oak Off Lady · 67601ST

Audemars Piguet Ref 67601St Royal Oak Off Lady

$5,750
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5975R 001 · 5975R Marketplace $625,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5975R 001 · 5975R

Patek Philippe Ref 5975R 001

$625,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5712 1A 001 · 5712 Marketplace $262,500

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5712 1A 001 · 5712

Patek Philippe Ref 5712 1A 001

$262,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3800 123 · 3800 Marketplace $275,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3800 123 · 3800

Patek Philippe Ref 3800 123

$275,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5081 001 · 5081 Marketplace $100,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5081 001 · 5081

Patek Philippe Ref 5081 001

$100,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 69308 · 69308 Marketplace $400,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 69308 · 69308

Rolex Ref 69308

$400,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 80298 · 80298 Marketplace $375,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 80298 · 80298

Rolex Ref 80298

$375,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 69298 · 69298 Marketplace $237,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 69298 · 69298

Rolex Ref 69298

$237,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116759 Saru · 116759 Marketplace $625,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 116759 Saru · 116759

Rolex Ref 116759 Saru

$625,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116759 · 116759 Marketplace $625,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 116759 · 116759

Rolex Ref 116759

$625,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
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