Auction results

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

150,181

Lots

$27,734

Average hammer, USD sales

$13,922,000

Record, USD sales

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What watches actually sold for

48% of lots beat their high estimate and only 7% fell short of the low, across 148,923 completed sales from 1989 to Aug 2026.

Refreshed weekly, latest sale 28 Aug 2026.

48% above estimate 45% within 7% 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 1–30 of 26,523 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 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 49,801,49,824 of 165,718 results

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5165A 001 Aquanaut · 5165A Marketplace $58,725

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5165A 001 Aquanaut · 5165A

Patek Philippe Ref 5165A 001 Aquanaut

$58,725
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega 1894 Marketplace $13,125

Omega Omega 1894

Omega 1894

$13,125
Aug 21, 2026
Zenith Thomas Engel For Zenith Chronometre Made For Zenith Le Locle Marketplace $10,625

Zenith Thomas Engel For Zenith Chronometre Made For Zenith Le Locle

Thomas Engel For Zenith Chronometre Made For Zenith Le Locle

$10,625
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16523 Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified Cosmograph Daytona · 16523 Marketplace $162,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 16523 Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified Cosmograph Daytona · 16523

Rolex Ref 16523 Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified Cosmograph Daytona

$162,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref 3712 Portuguese Split · 3712 Marketplace $7,500

IWC Iwc Ref 3712 Portuguese Split · 3712

Iwc Ref 3712 Portuguese Split

$7,500
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 130 · 130 Marketplace $36,250

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 130 · 130

Patek Philippe Ref 130

$36,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1680 Submariner · 1680 Marketplace $23,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 1680 Submariner · 1680

Rolex Ref 1680 Submariner

$23,750
Aug 21, 2026
Glashutte Horological School Of Glashutte Made In The Horological School Of Glashutte Saxony Germany Marketplace $27,500

Glashutte Horological School Of Glashutte Made In The Horological School Of Glashutte Saxony Germany

Horological School Of Glashutte Made In The Horological School Of Glashutte Saxony Germany

$27,500
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3971 Ej Perpetual Calendar · 3971 Marketplace $182,700

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3971 Ej Perpetual Calendar · 3971

Patek Philippe Ref 3971 Ej Perpetual Calendar

$182,700 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 175 0500 Louis Brandt · 175 Marketplace $3,250

Omega Omega Ref 175 0500 Louis Brandt · 175

Omega Ref 175 0500 Louis Brandt

$3,250
Aug 21, 2026
Erwin Sattler Classica Secunda Marketplace $27,500

Erwin Sattler Classica Secunda

Erwin Sattler Classica Secunda

$27,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116528 Daytona · 116528 Marketplace $475,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 116528 Daytona · 116528

Rolex Ref 116528 Daytona

$475,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Girard-Perregaux Girard Perregaux Ref 99500 · 99500 Marketplace $32,500

Girard-Perregaux Girard Perregaux Ref 99500 · 99500

Girard Perregaux Ref 99500

$32,500
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Marketplace $18,750

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe

Patek Philippe

$18,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1655 Explorer Ii · 1655 Marketplace $27,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 1655 Explorer Ii · 1655

Rolex Ref 1655 Explorer Ii

$27,500
Aug 21, 2026
Mathieu Planchon Marketplace $11,250

Mathieu Planchon

Mathieu Planchon

$11,250
Aug 21, 2026
Helvetia Marketplace $715.00

Helvetia

Helvetia

$715.00
Aug 21, 2026
Zenith Zenith Ref 01 0500 400 El Primero · 01.0500.400 Marketplace $2,250

Zenith Zenith Ref 01 0500 400 El Primero · 01.0500.400

Zenith Ref 01 0500 400 El Primero

$2,250
Aug 21, 2026
Ingenieux Nft Collection Marketplace $35,000

Ingenieux Nft Collection

Ingenieux Nft Collection

$35,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16518 Daytona · 16518 Marketplace $200,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 16518 Daytona · 16518

Rolex Ref 16518 Daytona

$200,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Chronoswiss Chronoswiss Ref Ch 3121 R Regulateur Tourbillon Marketplace $11,250

Chronoswiss Chronoswiss Ref Ch 3121 R Regulateur Tourbillon

Chronoswiss Ref Ch 3121 R Regulateur Tourbillon

$11,250
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 1593 Hour Glass · 1593 Marketplace $15,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 1593 Hour Glass · 1593

Patek Philippe Ref 1593 Hour Glass

$15,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16570 Explorer Ii · 16570 Marketplace $9,375

Rolex Rolex Ref 16570 Explorer Ii · 16570

Rolex Ref 16570 Explorer Ii

$9,375
Aug 21, 2026
Gironde Cie Marketplace $67,500

Gironde Cie

Gironde Cie

$67,500
Aug 21, 2026
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