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

Showing 1–50 of 202,563 auction records. 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 50,569,50,592 of 165,718 results

Rolex Rolex Ref 116400Gv Milgauss · 116400GV Marketplace $9,375

Rolex Rolex Ref 116400Gv Milgauss · 116400GV

Rolex Ref 116400Gv Milgauss

$9,375
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 14060 Submariner · 14060 Marketplace $9,375

Rolex Rolex Ref 14060 Submariner · 14060

Rolex Ref 14060 Submariner

$9,375
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner · 5513 Marketplace $11,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner · 5513

Rolex Ref 5513 Submariner

$11,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16523 Cosmograph Daytona · 16523 Marketplace $18,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 16523 Cosmograph Daytona · 16523

Rolex Ref 16523 Cosmograph Daytona

$18,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 16610 Submariner · 16610 Marketplace $9,375

Rolex Rolex Ref 16610 Submariner · 16610

Rolex Ref 16610 Submariner

$9,375
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6265 Cosmograph Daytona · 6265 Marketplace $143,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 6265 Cosmograph Daytona · 6265

Rolex Ref 6265 Cosmograph Daytona

$143,750 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 6239 Cosmograph Oyster Daytona · 6263 Marketplace $487,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 6239 Cosmograph Oyster Daytona · 6263

Rolex Ref 6263 6239 Cosmograph Oyster Daytona

$487,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Marketplace $22,500

Cartier Cartier

Cartier

$22,500
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Marketplace $4,500

Cartier Cartier

Cartier

$4,500
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Marketplace $56,250

Cartier Cartier

Cartier

$56,250
Aug 21, 2026
F.P. Journe Fp Journe Octa Automatique Lune Marketplace $81,250

F.P. Journe Fp Journe Octa Automatique Lune

Fp Journe Octa Automatique Lune

$81,250
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 738 Deck Watch Having Won A First Class Bulletin De Marche From The Astronomical Observatory Of Geneva Honourable Mention With 624 Points · 738 Marketplace $35,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 738 Deck Watch Having Won A First Class Bulletin De Marche From The Astronomical Observatory Of Geneva Honourable Mention With 624 Points · 738

Patek Philippe Ref 738 Deck Watch Having Won A First Class Bulletin De Marche From The Astronomical Observatory Of Geneva Honourable Mention With 624 Points

$35,000
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Deck Chronometer Marketplace $5,125

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Deck Chronometer

Vacheron Constantin Deck Chronometer

$5,125
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 118239 Case Back Stamped 2099 To The Inside Day Date · 118239 Marketplace $84,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 118239 Case Back Stamped 2099 To The Inside Day Date · 118239

Rolex Ref 118239 Case Back Stamped 2099 To The Inside Day Date

$84,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 18048 Day Date · 18048 Marketplace $96,200

Rolex Rolex Ref 18048 Day Date · 18048

Rolex Ref 18048 Day Date

$96,200
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6605 Datejust · 6605 Marketplace $4,420

Rolex Rolex Ref 6605 Datejust · 6605

Rolex Ref 6605 Datejust

$4,420
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date · 1803 Marketplace $12,350

Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date · 1803

Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date

$12,350
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 18038 Day Date · 18038 Marketplace $20,800

Rolex Rolex Ref 18038 Day Date · 18038

Rolex Ref 18038 Day Date

$20,800
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3940R 011 · 3940R Marketplace $52,000

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 3940R 011 · 3940R

Patek Philippe Ref 3940R 011

$52,000
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5040J Perpetual Calendar · 5040J Marketplace $28,600

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5040J Perpetual Calendar · 5040J

Patek Philippe Ref 5040J Perpetual Calendar

$28,600
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Ref 2998 Ballon Bleu · 2998 Marketplace $7,800

Cartier Cartier Ref 2998 Ballon Bleu · 2998

Cartier Ref 2998 Ballon Bleu

$7,800
Aug 21, 2026
Cartier Cartier Ref 1353 1 Pasha Chronograph · 1353 Marketplace $5,200

Cartier Cartier Ref 1353 1 Pasha Chronograph · 1353

Cartier Ref 1353 1 Pasha Chronograph

$5,200
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Ref 140 032F Zeitwerk · 140 Marketplace $63,700

A Lange Sohne Ref 140 032F Zeitwerk · 140

A Lange Sohne Ref 140 032F Zeitwerk

$63,700
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Ref 140 029F Zeitwerk · 140 Marketplace $71,500

A Lange Sohne Ref 140 029F Zeitwerk · 140

A Lange Sohne Ref 140 029F Zeitwerk

$71,500
Aug 21, 2026
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