Auction results

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

150,147

Lots

$27,741

Average hammer, USD sales

$13,922,000

Record, USD sales

Antiquorum

Top house

What watches actually sold for

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.

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 46,945,46,968 of 165,684 results

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 5594 477 Royal Oak Day Date Moonphase · 5594 Marketplace $16,250

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 5594 477 Royal Oak Day Date Moonphase · 5594

Audemars Piguet Ref 5594 477 Royal Oak Day Date Moonphase

$16,250
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Chronometro Gondolo Marketplace $4,250

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Chronometro Gondolo

Patek Philippe Chronometro Gondolo

$4,250
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Ref 59651 Flyback Chronograph · 59651 Marketplace $37,500

Longines Longines Ref 59651 Flyback Chronograph · 59651

Longines Ref 59651 Flyback Chronograph

$37,500
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 192 2 25 Amvox2 Chronograph Dbs · 192 Marketplace $13,750

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 192 2 25 Amvox2 Chronograph Dbs · 192

Jaeger Lecoultre Ref 192 2 25 Amvox2 Chronograph Dbs

$13,750
Aug 21, 2026
Tissot Tissot Worldtime Marketplace $25,000

Tissot Tissot Worldtime

Tissot Worldtime

$25,000
Aug 21, 2026
Breitling Breitling Ref 817 · 817 Marketplace $8,125

Breitling Breitling Ref 817 · 817

Breitling Ref 817

$8,125
Aug 21, 2026
Zenith Zenith Chronometre Marketplace $625.00

Zenith Zenith Chronometre

Zenith Chronometre

$625.00
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116261 Datejust Turn O Graph · 116261 Marketplace $52,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 116261 Datejust Turn O Graph · 116261

Rolex Ref 116261 Datejust Turn O Graph

$52,500
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 15189St Royal Oak For Pictet · 15189ST Marketplace $12,500

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 15189St Royal Oak For Pictet · 15189ST

Audemars Piguet Ref 15189St Royal Oak For Pictet

$12,500
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 738 Deck Watch · 738 Marketplace $17,500

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 738 Deck Watch · 738

Patek Philippe Ref 738 Deck Watch

$17,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 2021 Single Button Chronograph · 2021 Marketplace $237,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 2021 Single Button Chronograph · 2021

Rolex Ref 2021 Single Button Chronograph

$237,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Girard-Perregaux Girard Perregaux Ref 4900 Olimpico · 4900 Marketplace $2,500

Girard-Perregaux Girard Perregaux Ref 4900 Olimpico · 4900

Girard Perregaux Ref 4900 Olimpico

$2,500
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 971 Prince · 971 Marketplace $57,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 971 Prince · 971

Rolex Ref 971 Prince

$57,500
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref Ck 2042 Pilot Watch Marketplace $4,375

Omega Omega Ref Ck 2042 Pilot Watch

Omega Ref Ck 2042 Pilot Watch

$4,375
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Chronometre Marketplace $5,625

Longines Longines Chronometre

Longines Chronometre

$5,625
Aug 21, 2026
Chanel Ref H7481 Mademoiselle J12 La Pausa · H7481 Marketplace $61,250

Chanel Ref H7481 Mademoiselle J12 La Pausa · H7481

Chanel Ref H7481 Mademoiselle J12 La Pausa

$61,250
Aug 21, 2026
Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25721St Oo 1000St 00 Royal Oak Offshore · 25721ST Marketplace $16,250

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25721St Oo 1000St 00 Royal Oak Offshore · 25721ST

Audemars Piguet Ref 25721St Oo 1000St 00 Royal Oak Offshore

$16,250
Aug 21, 2026
Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin Marketplace $50,000

Vacheron Constantin Vacheron Constantin

Vacheron Constantin

$50,000
Aug 21, 2026
Blancpain Blancpain Lip Fifty Fathoms Marketplace $162,500

Blancpain Blancpain Lip Fifty Fathoms

Blancpain Lip Fifty Fathoms

$162,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Ref 989 5216 Hour Angle Lindberg · 989 Marketplace $13,750

Longines Longines Ref 989 5216 Hour Angle Lindberg · 989

Longines Ref 989 5216 Hour Angle Lindberg

$13,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 15038 15000 · 15038 Marketplace $68,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 15038 15000 · 15038

Rolex Ref 15038 15000

$68,750
Aug 21, 2026
Aquastar Atoll Marketplace $1,500

Aquastar Atoll

Aquastar Atoll

$1,500
Aug 21, 2026
Longines Longines Chronometre Marketplace $6,875

Longines Longines Chronometre

Longines Chronometre

$6,875
Aug 21, 2026
Bell Ross Ref Br 03 92 Green Camo Bape Xxv Anniversary Limited Edition Marketplace $18,750

Bell Ross Ref Br 03 92 Green Camo Bape Xxv Anniversary Limited Edition

Bell Ross Ref Br 03 92 Green Camo Bape Xxv Anniversary Limited Edition

$18,750
Aug 21, 2026
Prev 1 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 6904 Next