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 50,209,50,232 of 165,718 results

Rolex Rolex Ref 116509 Cosmograph Daytona · 116509 Marketplace $52,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 116509 Cosmograph Daytona · 116509

Rolex Ref 116509 Cosmograph Daytona

$52,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116508 Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified Cosmograph Daytona · 116508 Marketplace $110,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 116508 Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified Cosmograph Daytona · 116508

Rolex Ref 116508 Oyster Perpetual Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified Cosmograph Daytona

$110,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5298P 001 · 5298P Marketplace $104,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5298P 001 · 5298P

Patek Philippe Ref 5298P 001

$104,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Ref 21490Rx Rotonde Grand Modele Grande Date · 21490RX Marketplace $15,600

Cartier Cartier Ref 21490Rx Rotonde Grand Modele Grande Date · 21490RX

Cartier Ref 21490Rx Rotonde Grand Modele Grande Date

$15,600
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Ref 3453 Rotonde · 3453 Marketplace $49,400

Cartier Cartier Ref 3453 Rotonde · 3453

Cartier Ref 3453 Rotonde

$49,400
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Ref 119 02 119 032 Luna Mundi · 119 Marketplace $106,600

A Lange Sohne Ref 119 02 119 032 Luna Mundi · 119

A Lange Sohne Ref 119 02 119 032 Luna Mundi

$106,600 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis Ref Dbho0605 Hommage · DBHO0605 Marketplace $18,200

Roger Dubuis Roger Dubuis Ref Dbho0605 Hommage · DBHO0605

Roger Dubuis Ref Dbho0605 Hommage

$18,200
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25721Ti Oo 1000Ti 03 Royal Oak Offshore · 25721TI Marketplace $31,200

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25721Ti Oo 1000Ti 03 Royal Oak Offshore · 25721TI

Audemars Piguet Ref 25721Ti Oo 1000Ti 03 Royal Oak Offshore

$31,200
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 26078Po Oo D018Cr 01 Royal Oak Offshore Rubens Barrichello · 26078PO Marketplace $65,000

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 26078Po Oo D018Cr 01 Royal Oak Offshore Rubens Barrichello · 26078PO

Audemars Piguet Ref 26078Po Oo D018Cr 01 Royal Oak Offshore Rubens Barrichello

$65,000
Aug 21, 2026
F P Journe Chronometre A Resonance Marketplace $456,300

F P Journe Chronometre A Resonance

F P Journe Chronometre A Resonance

$456,300 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Richard Mille Richard Mille Ref Rm037 537 042 64A 1 755 Rm 037 · RM037 Marketplace $175,500

Richard Mille Richard Mille Ref Rm037 537 042 64A 1 755 Rm 037 · RM037

Richard Mille Ref Rm037 537 042 64A 1 755 Rm 037

$175,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Richard Mille Richard Mille Ref Rm 52 01 Brown Sapphire Rmv Rm 52 01 Skull Tourbillon So Called The Vanitas Vanitatum Marketplace $6,747,500

Richard Mille Richard Mille Ref Rm 52 01 Brown Sapphire Rmv Rm 52 01 Skull Tourbillon So Called The Vanitas Vanitatum

Richard Mille Ref Rm 52 01 Brown Sapphire Rmv Rm 52 01 Skull Tourbillon So Called The Vanitas Vanitatum

$6,747,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Gubelin Ipsomatic Marketplace $18,750

Gubelin Ipsomatic

Gubelin Ipsomatic

$18,750
Aug 21, 2026
Lecoultre Futurematic Marketplace $2,500

Lecoultre Futurematic

Lecoultre Futurematic

$2,500
Aug 21, 2026
Angelus Angelus Chrono Datoluxe Marketplace $3,500

Angelus Angelus Chrono Datoluxe

Angelus Chrono Datoluxe

$3,500
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 2486 1 Cosmic · 2486 Marketplace $6,875

Omega Omega Ref 2486 1 Cosmic · 2486

Omega Ref 2486 1 Cosmic

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Cosmic Marketplace $4,125

Omega Omega Cosmic

Omega Cosmic

$4,125
Aug 21, 2026
Record Marketplace $5,000

Record

Record

$5,000
Aug 21, 2026
Universal Ref 224107 Aero Compax · 224107 Marketplace $4,500

Universal Ref 224107 Aero Compax · 224107

Universal Ref 224107 Aero Compax

$4,500
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Memovox Marketplace $3,750

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Memovox

Jaeger Lecoultre Memovox

$3,750
Aug 21, 2026
Juvenia Ref 9675 Sextant · 9675 Marketplace $5,000

Juvenia Ref 9675 Sextant · 9675

Juvenia Ref 9675 Sextant

$5,000
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref 866 A Ingenieur · 866 Marketplace $6,250

IWC Iwc Ref 866 A Ingenieur · 866

Iwc Ref 866 A Ingenieur

$6,250
Aug 21, 2026
Universal Ref 22297 2 Tri Compax · 22297 Marketplace $10,000

Universal Ref 22297 2 Tri Compax · 22297

Universal Ref 22297 2 Tri Compax

$10,000
Aug 21, 2026
Zenith Zenith S58 Marketplace $2,500

Zenith Zenith S58

Zenith S58

$2,500
Aug 21, 2026
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