Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
150,147
Lots
£20,469
Average hammer, USD sales
£10,272,598
Record, USD sales
Antiquorum
Top house
48% of lots beat their high estimate and only 7% fell short of the low, across 148,889 completed sales from 1989 to Aug 2026.
Refreshed weekly, latest sale 21 Aug 2026.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2159 |
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch w…
Steel · 2004 |
HK$60,000–100,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 109 |
Reference 16570 Explorer II | Retailed by Van Cleef & Arpels:…
Steel · Automatic · 1995 |
$20,000–40,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 2272 |
Explorer II, Reference 16570 A stainless steel wristwatch wit…
Steel · 2013 |
HK$50,000–70,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 2273 |
Explorer II, Reference 16570 A stainless steel wristwatch wit…
Steel · 2010 |
HK$50,000–70,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 2134 |
Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch w…
Steel · 1995 |
HK$50,000–70,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 256 |
Reference 16570 Explorer II | A stainless steel automatic dua…
Steel · Automatic · 1991 |
$6,000–9,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 433 |
Reference 16570 Explorer II | A stainless steel automatic dua…
Steel · Automatic · 1995 |
$6,000–8,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 246 |
Reference 216570 Explorer II | A stainless steel automatic du…
Steel · Automatic · 2015 |
$8,000–12,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
52 recorded sales across 6 houses, 1998 to 2026. US dollar sales only.
Bar shows the full range of prices paid that year; the mark is the median. Median rather than average, so one exceptional lot does not distort the year. * Years marked with an asterisk have fewer than three recorded sales, too few to read as a market level.
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 1–8 of 36 lots with prices not disclosed. Prices as reported by the auction house, in the sale's original currency.
Curated from publicly documented auction results. Realized prices, hammer plus premium, never asking prices.
The most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction. A one-off in steel with 20 complications, sold for charity.
Pocket watch with 24 complications, commissioned in 1925. Held the all-time record for years.
Paul Newman's own exotic-dial Daytona, a gift from Joanne Woodward. The most expensive Rolex ever sold.
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
The only known white gold manual-wind Daytona. Sold for charity.
The first wristwatch by the master finisher, a grande sonnerie minute repeater.
Black-dial triple calendar moonphase owned by the last emperor of Vietnam.
Handmade pocket watch by the greatest watchmaker of the 20th century.
First-generation Speedmaster from 1957 with tropical dial, a record for Omega.
Worn by Brando in Apocalypse Now, bezel removed, caseback hand-engraved by Brando.
Steel prototype with 18 complications, sold for charity.
Double-faced grand complication, one of Patek's most complicated wristwatches.
Showing 241,263 of 263 results (filtered)
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£5,195
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£43,446
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£18,889
Rolex. A rare Limited Edition stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch with dual time zone made for The Special Reconnaissance Regiment Explorer II 'SRR', one of 139, Ref: 16570, Purchased October 2007
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£4,722
Rolex. A stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch with dual time zone Rolex. Montre bracelet en acier avec date et second fuseau horaire mouvement automatique Explorer II, Ref: 16570, Purchased 25th July 2006
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£4,722
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£4,722
Rolex. A stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch with dual time zone Explorer II, Ref: 16570, Purchased 30th March 2005
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£5,276
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£5,276
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£5,519
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£5,276
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£5,723
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£60,911
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£63,722
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£56,226
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£51,540
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£65,596
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£7,613
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£8,555
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£9,320
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£9,320
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£7,321
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£8,485