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

A$42,477

Average hammer, USD sales

A$19,444,816

Record, USD sales

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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

Rolex 6239

76 recorded sales across 5 houses, 2004 to 2026. US dollar sales only.

+37% median, 2004 to 2026
2004 $57,360 1*
2007 $66,000 1*
2008 $16,250 1*
2009 $40,625 2*
2010 $53,250 2*
2011 $110,500 3
2012 $37,500 1*
2013 $50,000 4
2014 $81,250 5
2015 $27,188 6
2016 $81,250 7
2017 $85,625 6
2018 $121,875 8
2019 $125,000 3
2020 $44,062 1*
2021 $59,375 2*
2022 $56,700 1*
2023 $189,201 8
2024 $99,249 6
2025 $87,630 4
2026 $78,675 4

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.

Showing 1–8 of 330 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
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
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Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona Fap · 6239 Marketplace A$78,796

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona Fap · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona Fap

A$78,796
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6262 6239 Cosmograph Daytona Paul Newman · 6262 Marketplace A$232,550

Rolex Rolex Ref 6262 6239 Cosmograph Daytona Paul Newman · 6262

Rolex Ref 6262 6239 Cosmograph Daytona Paul Newman

A$232,550 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239 Marketplace A$55,868

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona

A$55,868
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona Paul Newman · 6239 Marketplace A$288,069

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona Paul Newman · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona Paul Newman

A$288,069 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239 Marketplace A$52,376

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona

A$52,376
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239 Marketplace A$52,376

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona

A$52,376
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6262 6239 Cosmograph Daytona Paul Newman · 6262 Marketplace A$261,881

Rolex Rolex Ref 6262 6239 Cosmograph Daytona Paul Newman · 6262

Rolex Ref 6262 6239 Cosmograph Daytona Paul Newman

A$261,881 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239 Marketplace A$55,868

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona

A$55,868
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239 Marketplace A$55,868

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona

A$55,868
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona · 6239 Marketplace A$73,327

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona

A$73,327
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona Paul Newman · 6239 Marketplace A$236,042

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona Paul Newman · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona Paul Newman

A$236,042 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmpgraph Daytona · 6239 Marketplace A$453,927

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmpgraph Daytona · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmpgraph Daytona

A$453,927 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6241 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6241 Marketplace A$108,244

Rolex Rolex Ref 6241 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6241

Rolex Ref 6241 6239 Cosmograph Daytona

A$108,244
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239 Marketplace A$384,092

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona

A$384,092 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 6241 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239 Marketplace A$22,696

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 6241 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 6241 Cosmograph Daytona

A$22,696
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239 Marketplace A$453,927

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona

A$453,927 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6262 Stamped 6239 Inside The Caseback Paul Newman · 6262 Marketplace A$2,880,688

Rolex Rolex Ref 6262 Stamped 6239 Inside The Caseback Paul Newman · 6262

Rolex Ref 6262 Stamped 6239 Inside The Caseback Paul Newman

A$2,880,688 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239 Marketplace A$41,901

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona

A$41,901
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona Paul Newman · 6239 Marketplace A$217,885

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona Paul Newman · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona Paul Newman

A$217,885 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6262 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6262 Marketplace A$76,818

Rolex Rolex Ref 6262 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6262

Rolex Ref 6262 6239 Cosmograph Daytona

A$76,818
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 6239 Cosmograph Oyster Daytona · 6263 Marketplace A$680,890

Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 6239 Cosmograph Oyster Daytona · 6263

Rolex Ref 6263 6239 Cosmograph Oyster Daytona

A$680,890 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6263 Marketplace A$435,769

Rolex Rolex Ref 6263 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6263

Rolex Ref 6263 6239 Cosmograph Daytona

A$435,769 Record
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239 Marketplace A$90,785

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Cosmograph Daytona

A$90,785
Aug 21, 2026
Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona · 6239 Marketplace A$136,178

Rolex Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona · 6239

Rolex Ref 6239 Daytona

A$136,178
Aug 21, 2026
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