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

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 968 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 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 48,889,48,912 of 153,811 results

Jules Jurgensen Marketplace $6,250

Jules Jurgensen

Jules Jurgensen

$6,250
Aug 21, 2026
Panerai Panerai Ref Op 6544 Marketplace $137,500

Panerai Panerai Ref Op 6544

Panerai Ref Op 6544

$137,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1601 · 1601 Marketplace $20,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 1601 · 1601

Rolex Ref 1601

$20,000
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $2,750

Unsigned

Unsigned

$2,750
Aug 21, 2026
Jules Jurgensen Marketplace $1,875

Jules Jurgensen

Jules Jurgensen

$1,875
Aug 21, 2026
Panerai Panerai Ref 6542 · 6542 Marketplace $206,250

Panerai Panerai Ref 6542 · 6542

Panerai Ref 6542

$206,250 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16013 16000 · 16013 Marketplace $27,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 16013 16000 · 16013

Rolex Ref 16013 16000

$27,500
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Marketplace $6,250

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe

Patek Philippe

$6,250
Aug 21, 2026
Jules Jurgensen Marketplace $5,250

Jules Jurgensen

Jules Jurgensen

$5,250
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref 3251 · 3251 Marketplace $18,750

IWC Iwc Ref 3251 · 3251

Iwc Ref 3251

$18,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 · 1803 Marketplace $68,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 · 1803

Rolex Ref 1803

$68,750
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $4,000

Unsigned

Unsigned

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
Jules Jurgensen Marketplace $3,250

Jules Jurgensen

Jules Jurgensen

$3,250
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref 3714 · 3714 Marketplace $41,250

IWC Iwc Ref 3714 · 3714

Iwc Ref 3714

$41,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 · 1803 Marketplace $100,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 · 1803

Rolex Ref 1803

$100,000
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Marketplace $2,125

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin

$2,125
Aug 21, 2026
Jules Jurgensen Marketplace $3,000

Jules Jurgensen

Jules Jurgensen

$3,000
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref 3880 · 3880 Marketplace $62,500

IWC Iwc Ref 3880 · 3880

Iwc Ref 3880

$62,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 · 1803 Marketplace $187,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 · 1803

Rolex Ref 1803

$187,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Le Roy Fils Marketplace $1,625

Le Roy Fils

Le Roy Fils

$1,625
Aug 21, 2026
Jules Jurgensen Marketplace $5,250

Jules Jurgensen

Jules Jurgensen

$5,250
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref 3796 · 3796 Marketplace $37,500

IWC Iwc Ref 3796 · 3796

Iwc Ref 3796

$37,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 · 1675 Marketplace $175,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 1675 · 1675

Rolex Ref 1675

$175,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Deutsche Prazisionsuhr Marketplace $2,875

Deutsche Prazisionsuhr

Deutsche Prazisionsuhr

$2,875
Aug 21, 2026
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