Auction results

Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.

150,827

Lots

$27,726

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 149,568 completed sales from 1989 to Sep 2026.

Refreshed weekly, latest sale 18 Sep 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 1–8 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 45,073,45,096 of 165,718 results

Leopold Huguenin Made For The American Market Marketplace $6,000

Leopold Huguenin Made For The American Market

Leopold Huguenin Made For The American Market

$6,000
Aug 21, 2026
Gorini Freres Marketplace $8,125

Gorini Freres

Gorini Freres

$8,125
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Marketplace $6,875

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Marketplace $2,250

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin

$2,250
Aug 21, 2026
Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Marketplace $2,000

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin

Ulysse Nardin

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

Unsigned

Unsigned

$20,000
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $17,500

Unsigned

Unsigned

$17,500
Aug 21, 2026
Haas Neveux Co Marketplace $25,000

Haas Neveux Co

Haas Neveux Co

$25,000
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $12,500

Unsigned

Unsigned

$12,500
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Royal Marketplace $4,000

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Royal

Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Royal

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Royal Marketplace $4,000

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Royal

Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Royal

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Chronometre De Vitrine Marketplace $7,500

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Chronometre De Vitrine

Vacheron Constantin Chronometre De Vitrine

$7,500
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Royal Marketplace $3,500

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Royal

Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Royal

$3,500
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Epreuves De Premiere Classe Marketplace $5,250

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Epreuves De Premiere Classe

Vacheron Constantin Chronometre Epreuves De Premiere Classe

$5,250
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Marketplace $3,000

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin

$3,000
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Marketplace $3,750

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin

$3,750
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Ref 51417 · 51417 Marketplace $2,500

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Ref 51417 · 51417

Vacheron Constantin Ref 51417

$2,500
Aug 21, 2026
Ecole D Horlogerie Genevoise Piece Ecole Marketplace $8,125

Ecole D Horlogerie Genevoise Piece Ecole

Ecole D Horlogerie Genevoise Piece Ecole

$8,125
Aug 21, 2026
Victor Kullberg Spring Detent Deck Chronometer Marketplace $15,000

Victor Kullberg Spring Detent Deck Chronometer

Victor Kullberg Spring Detent Deck Chronometer

$15,000
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 766 Duograph · 766 Marketplace $17,500

Breitling Breitling Ref 766 Duograph · 766

Breitling Ref 766 Duograph

$17,500
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 787 Premier · 787 Marketplace $1,875

Breitling Breitling Ref 787 Premier · 787

Breitling Ref 787 Premier

$1,875
Aug 21, 2026
Heuer Heuer Ref 2448 Carrera · 2448 Marketplace $1,875

Heuer Heuer Ref 2448 Carrera · 2448

Heuer Ref 2448 Carrera

$1,875
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Marketplace $5,250

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre

Jaeger Lecoultre

$5,250
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Calendrier Marketplace $3,750

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Calendrier

Jaeger Lecoultre Calendrier

$3,750
Aug 21, 2026
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