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

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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 1–8 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 48,361,48,384 of 153,811 results

Rolex Rolex Ref 1807 1803 · 1807 Marketplace $45,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 1807 1803 · 1807

Rolex Ref 1807 1803

$45,000
Aug 21, 2026
Piaget Piaget Ref 9287 · 9287 Marketplace $813.00

Piaget Piaget Ref 9287 · 9287

Piaget Ref 9287

$813.00
Aug 21, 2026
Ernst Benz Marketplace $1,250

Ernst Benz

Ernst Benz

$1,250
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6290 · 6290 Marketplace $50,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 6290 · 6290

Rolex Ref 6290

$50,000
Aug 21, 2026
Unsigned Marketplace $4,000

Unsigned

Unsigned

$4,000
Aug 21, 2026
IWC Iwc Ref 5000 Portugieser Automatic 2000 · 5000 Marketplace $112,500

IWC Iwc Ref 5000 Portugieser Automatic 2000 · 5000

Iwc Ref 5000 Portugieser Automatic 2000

$112,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 Daytona · 6263 Marketplace $269,000

Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 Daytona · 6263

Rolex Ref 6263 Daytona

$269,000 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5940 G · 5940 Marketplace $43,750

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5940 G · 5940

Patek Philippe Ref 5940 G

$43,750
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 118205 · 118205 Marketplace $22,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 118205 · 118205

Rolex Ref 118205

$22,500
Aug 21, 2026
Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre Marketplace $3,125

Jaeger-LeCoultre Jaeger Lecoultre

Jaeger Lecoultre

$3,125
Aug 21, 2026
Bulgari Bulgari Ref Lc 35 S Marketplace $750.00

Bulgari Bulgari Ref Lc 35 S

Bulgari Ref Lc 35 S

$750.00
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6105 · 6105 Marketplace $162,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 6105 · 6105

Rolex Ref 6105

$162,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
3Rd Artel Marketplace $2,000

3Rd Artel

3Rd Artel

$2,000
Aug 21, 2026
Breguet Breguet Ref 5140 · 5140 Marketplace $75,000

Breguet Breguet Ref 5140 · 5140

Breguet Ref 5140

$75,000
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6241 · 6241 Marketplace $37,500

Rolex Rolex Ref 6241 · 6241

Rolex Ref 6241

$37,500
Aug 21, 2026
Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5102G · 5102G Marketplace $162,150

Patek Philippe Patek Philippe Ref 5102G · 5102G

Patek Philippe Ref 5102G

$162,150 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 116610 · 116610 Marketplace $18,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 116610 · 116610

Rolex Ref 116610

$18,750
Aug 21, 2026
Omega Omega Ref 8109 · 8109 Marketplace $813.00

Omega Omega Ref 8109 · 8109

Omega Ref 8109

$813.00
Aug 21, 2026
Bulgari Bulgari Ref Lcv 29 S Marketplace $875.00

Bulgari Bulgari Ref Lcv 29 S

Bulgari Ref Lcv 29 S

$875.00
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 · 1803 Marketplace $68,750

Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 · 1803

Rolex Ref 1803

$68,750
Aug 21, 2026
Bautte Moynier Marketplace $3,500

Bautte Moynier

Bautte Moynier

$3,500
Aug 21, 2026
Piaget Piaget Ref P 10533 Emperador Marketplace $212,500

Piaget Piaget Ref P 10533 Emperador

Piaget Ref P 10533 Emperador

$212,500 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6265 Daytona · 6265 Marketplace $36,250

Rolex Rolex Ref 6265 Daytona · 6265

Rolex Ref 6265 Daytona

$36,250
Aug 21, 2026
A Lange Sohne Ref A 101 061 B 811 061 Marketplace $61,250

A Lange Sohne Ref A 101 061 B 811 061

A Lange Sohne Ref A 101 061 B 811 061

$61,250
Aug 21, 2026
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