Watch Auction Results, Realised Prices

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
5122	Patek Philippe Calatrava 96 Quarter Arabic Dial Stainless Ste… Loupe This · 19 Aug 2026 31mm · Stainless steel · Manual-wind cal. 12-400 · Circa 1940 · box only · grade V 8.5	$10,000–15,000	$17,902 incl. 10% premium	+19%
5126	Cartier Manual Wind EWC Movement and Case Florentine Finish 1… Loupe This · 19 Aug 2026 33.5mm · 18K yellow gold · Manual-wind European Watc… · Early 1950s · grade V 8	$2,000–4,000	$15,592 incl. 10% premium	+290%
5125	Kudoke 2 Grüner Wald Special Edition for EsperLuxe Loupe This · 19 Aug 2026 39mm · Stainless steel · Manual-wind Kudoke Kalibe… · 2020 · box and papers · grade M 9.5	$6,000–8,000	$14,850 incl. 10% premium	+86%
5124	Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Quartz 56303SA Two Tone Loupe This · 19 Aug 2026 33mm · Stainless steel and 1… · Quartz cal. 2612 · Circa 1990s · box and papers · grade M 8.5	$10,000–15,000	$14,850 incl. 10% premium	-1%
5121	OTSUKA LOTEC NO.5 KAI Loupe This · 19 Aug 2026 40.5mm · Stainless steel · Automatic Miyota calibre … · 2025 · box and papers · grade M 10	$4,000–6,000	$11,658 incl. 10% premium	+94%
5123	Rolex Day-Date 1803 Tobacco Dial 18k YG Loupe This · 19 Aug 2026 36mm · 18K yellow gold · Automatic cal. 1555 · 1972 · grade V 8	$5,000–8,000	$11,548 incl. 10% premium	+44%
5120	Patek Philippe Pocket Watch Tiffany & Co. Platinum with Extra… Loupe This · 18 Aug 2026 45mm · Platinum · Manual-wind lever movement · Circa 1920s · grade V 8.5	$10,000–15,000	$13,750 incl. 10% premium	-8%
5119	Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic Universal Time 503.8.T2.S Loupe This · 18 Aug 2026 42mm · Stainless steel · Automatic Jaeger-LeCoultr… · Circa 2019 · box and papers · grade M 8.5	$5,000–8,000	$7,496 incl. 10% premium	-6%

All records 202,528 Sold 162,006 Unsold 26,523 Not disclosed 13,973

Showing 1–8 of 162,006 completed sales. 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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12 Patek Philippe Sky Moon Tourbillon Sotheby's · Hong Kong · 2021 $1,542,500

$11,250

Aug 21, 2026

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Marketplace $15,660

Rolex Rolex Ref 1665 Sea Dweller · 1665

Rolex Ref 1665 Sea Dweller

$15,660

Aug 21, 2026

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Marketplace $456,300

$4,250

Aug 21, 2026

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Marketplace $37,500

Zenith Zenith Ref 03 2150 400 53 C700 El Primero 36 000 Vph

Zenith Ref 03 2150 400 53 C700 El Primero 36 000 Vph

$37,500

Aug 21, 2026

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Marketplace $4,420

Richard Mille Ref Rm 52 01 Brown Sapphire Rmv Rm 52 01 Skull Tourbillon So Called The Vanitas Vanitatum

$6,747,500 Record

Aug 21, 2026

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Auction results

What watches actually sold for

The most expensive watches ever sold

Rolex Rolex Ref 16030 16000 Oyster Perpetual Datejust · 16030

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref Code 11 595N Table Clock · CODE

Rolex Rolex Ref 16520 Cosmograph Daytona · 16520

Ulysse Nardin Ulysse Nardin Ref 263 92 Marine Diver Black Sea · 263

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25902Pt Oo 1110Pt 01 Royal Oak · 25902PT

Minerva Ref 88 Masonic

Rolex Rolex Ref 1665 Sea Dweller · 1665

F P Journe Chronometre A Resonance

Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date · 1803

Zenith Zenith Ref 16 3200 692 03 C833 Elite

Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 6262 Daytona Paul Newman · 6263

Rolex Rolex Ref 8029 Precision · 8029

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25770St O 009 Royal Oak Offshore · 25770ST

Hermes Ref 3901 Kelly Cadenas · 3901

Rolex Rolex Ref 16718 Gmt Master · 16718

Richard Mille Richard Mille Ref Rm037 537 042 64A 1 755 Rm 037 · RM037

Unsigned

Zenith Zenith Ref 03 2150 400 53 C700 El Primero 36 000 Vph

Minerva

Rolex Rolex Ref 5015 Bubbleback · 5015

Audemars Piguet Audemars Piguet Ref 25770St O 0009 01 Royal Oak Offshore · 25770ST

Rolex Rolex Ref 2672 Orchid · 2672

Rolex Rolex Ref 1803 Day Date · 1803

Richard Mille Richard Mille Ref Rm 52 01 Brown Sapphire Rmv Rm 52 01 Skull Tourbillon So Called The Vanitas Vanitatum