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

Antiquorum

Top house

What watches actually sold for

48% of lots beat their high estimate and only 7% fell short of the low, across 148,923 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 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 1–50 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 46,537,46,560 of 165,718 results

Universal Marketplace $5,500

Universal

Universal

$5,500
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5212A 001 Calatrava Weekly Calendar · 5212A Marketplace $28,750

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5212A 001 Calatrava Weekly Calendar · 5212A

Patek Philippe Ref 5212A 001 Calatrava Weekly Calendar

$28,750
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3796 Calatrava · 3796 Marketplace $8,125

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3796 Calatrava · 3796

Patek Philippe Ref 3796 Calatrava

$8,125
Aug 21, 2026
Anonymous Marketplace $4,500

Anonymous

Anonymous

$4,500
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3970 · 3970 Marketplace $206,250

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3970 · 3970

Patek Philippe Ref 3970

$206,250 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 2545 Calatrava Acuatic · 2545 Marketplace $10,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 2545 Calatrava Acuatic · 2545

Patek Philippe Ref 2545 Calatrava Acuatic

$10,000
Aug 21, 2026
Eberhard Co Marketplace $5,000

Eberhard Co

Eberhard Co

$5,000
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5136 1G 012 · 5136 Marketplace $45,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5136 1G 012 · 5136

Patek Philippe Ref 5136 1G 012

$45,000
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 2551 Disco Volante · 2551 Marketplace $7,500

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 2551 Disco Volante · 2551

Patek Philippe Ref 2551 Disco Volante

$7,500
Aug 21, 2026
Baume Mercier Ref 1919 · 1919 Marketplace $4,750

Baume Mercier Ref 1919 · 1919

Baume Mercier Ref 1919

$4,750
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3940 · 3940 Marketplace $45,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3940 · 3940

Patek Philippe Ref 3940

$45,000
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3445 · 3445 Marketplace $10,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3445 · 3445

Patek Philippe Ref 3445

$10,000
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Marketplace $4,000

Breitling Breitling

Breitling

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5270G 014 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph · 5270G Marketplace $113,750

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5270G 014 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph · 5270G

Patek Philippe Ref 5270G 014 Perpetual Calendar Chronograph

$113,750 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3800 Nautilus · 3800 Marketplace $25,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3800 Nautilus · 3800

Patek Philippe Ref 3800 Nautilus

$25,000
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Ref 23643 Big Calatrava · 23643 Marketplace $2,500

Longines Longines Ref 23643 Big Calatrava · 23643

Longines Ref 23643 Big Calatrava

$2,500
Aug 21, 2026
Leonidas Ref Cp2 · CP2 Marketplace $4,750

Leonidas Ref Cp2 · CP2

Leonidas Ref Cp2

$4,750
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5111R 001 Gondolo · 5111R Marketplace $10,625

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5111R 001 Gondolo · 5111R

Patek Philippe Ref 5111R 001 Gondolo

$10,625
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Ref 5561 8 · 5561 Marketplace $2,750

Longines Longines Ref 5561 8 · 5561

Longines Ref 5561 8

$2,750
Aug 21, 2026
Enicar Enicar Ref 2342 072 02 01 Sherpa Graph · 2342 Marketplace $6,250

Enicar Enicar Ref 2342 072 02 01 Sherpa Graph · 2342

Enicar Ref 2342 072 02 01 Sherpa Graph

$6,250
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 4895G Calatrava Haute Joaillerie · 4895G Marketplace $52,500

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 4895G Calatrava Haute Joaillerie · 4895G

Patek Philippe Ref 4895G Calatrava Haute Joaillerie

$52,500
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Calatrava Marketplace $1,375

Longines Longines Calatrava

Longines Calatrava

$1,375
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Heuer Ref 7763 Autavia · 7763 Marketplace $4,500

Heuer Heuer Ref 7763 Autavia · 7763

Heuer Ref 7763 Autavia

$4,500
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5131G 010 World Time · 5131G Marketplace $75,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5131G 010 World Time · 5131G

Patek Philippe Ref 5131G 010 World Time

$75,000
Aug 21, 2026
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