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

£20,507

Average hammer, USD sales

£10,294,024

Record, USD sales

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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 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 1–50 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 46,633,46,656 of 165,718 results

Cartier Cartier Ref W30012 Pasha Perpetual Calendar Minute Repeater · W30012 Marketplace £35,122

Cartier Cartier Ref W30012 Pasha Perpetual Calendar Minute Repeater · W30012

Cartier Ref W30012 Pasha Perpetual Calendar Minute Repeater

£35,122
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref Ck 2041 Saint Christophe Marketplace £1,109

Omega Omega Ref Ck 2041 Saint Christophe

Omega Ref Ck 2041 Saint Christophe

£1,109
Aug 21, 2026
Zenith Zenith Marketplace £7,856

Zenith Zenith

Zenith

£7,856
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Ref 8273 1 Chronograph · 8273 Marketplace £31,425

Longines Longines Ref 8273 1 Chronograph · 8273

Longines Ref 8273 1 Chronograph

£31,425
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 Cosmograph Daytona · 116520 Marketplace £58,206

Rolex Rolex Ref 116520 Cosmograph Daytona · 116520

Rolex Ref 116520 Cosmograph Daytona

£58,206
Aug 21, 2026
Franck Muller Franck Muller Endurance 24 Marketplace £2,403

Franck Muller Franck Muller Endurance 24

Franck Muller Endurance 24

£2,403
Aug 21, 2026
Asprey Duo Dial Marketplace £1,922

Asprey Duo Dial

Asprey Duo Dial

£1,922
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 18239 Day Date · 18239 Marketplace £194,094

Rolex Rolex Ref 18239 Day Date · 18239

Rolex Ref 18239 Day Date

£194,094 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Franck Muller Franck Muller Ref 5850 Qp · 5850 Marketplace £5,083

Franck Muller Franck Muller Ref 5850 Qp · 5850

Franck Muller Ref 5850 Qp

£5,083
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 105 012 66 Speedmaster · 105 Marketplace £11,091

Omega Omega Ref 105 012 66 Speedmaster · 105

Omega Ref 105 012 66 Speedmaster

£11,091
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Anchor Chronometer Marketplace £5,083

A Lange Sohne Anchor Chronometer

A Lange Sohne Anchor Chronometer

£5,083
Aug 21, 2026
Gubelin Ipso Matic Bidynator Marketplace £38,819

Gubelin Ipso Matic Bidynator

Gubelin Ipso Matic Bidynator

£38,819
Aug 21, 2026
Corum Corum Ref 01 0032 Admiral S Cup · 01.0032 Marketplace £3,697

Corum Corum Ref 01 0032 Admiral S Cup · 01.0032

Corum Ref 01 0032 Admiral S Cup

£3,697
Aug 21, 2026
Certina Ref 68371 · 68371 Marketplace £7,209

Certina Ref 68371 · 68371

Certina Ref 68371

£7,209
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16622 Yacht Master · 16622 Marketplace £11,091

Rolex Rolex Ref 16622 Yacht Master · 16622

Rolex Ref 16622 Yacht Master

£11,091
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 422 13 44 52 13 001 De Ville Chronoscope Gmt · 422 Marketplace £2,033

Omega Omega Ref 422 13 44 52 13 001 De Ville Chronoscope Gmt · 422

Omega Ref 422 13 44 52 13 001 De Ville Chronoscope Gmt

£2,033
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 145 012 67 Speedmaster · 145 Marketplace £4,621

Omega Omega Ref 145 012 67 Speedmaster · 145

Omega Ref 145 012 67 Speedmaster

£4,621
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Anchor Chronometer Marketplace £4,621

A Lange Sohne Anchor Chronometer

A Lange Sohne Anchor Chronometer

£4,621
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Marketplace £13,864

IWC Iwc

Iwc

£13,864
Aug 21, 2026
Bueche Girod Ref Yg 7770 1 Marketplace £1,941

Bueche Girod Ref Yg 7770 1

Bueche Girod Ref Yg 7770 1

£1,941
Aug 21, 2026
Chopard Chopard Ref 38 316823 Imperiale · 38/316823 Marketplace £5,575

Chopard Chopard Ref 38 316823 Imperiale · 38/316823

Chopard Ref 38 316823 Imperiale

£5,575
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6098 Oyster Perpetual · 6098 Marketplace £20,334

Rolex Rolex Ref 6098 Oyster Perpetual · 6098

Rolex Ref 6098 Oyster Perpetual

£20,334
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 311 30 44 50 01 001 Speedmaster Xl Co Axial · 311 Marketplace £4,159

Omega Omega Ref 311 30 44 50 01 001 Speedmaster Xl Co Axial · 311

Omega Ref 311 30 44 50 01 001 Speedmaster Xl Co Axial

£4,159
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 3590 50 Speedmaster · 3590 Marketplace £2,773

Omega Omega Ref 3590 50 Speedmaster · 3590

Omega Ref 3590 50 Speedmaster

£2,773
Aug 21, 2026
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