Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
150,181
Lots
$27,734
Average hammer, USD sales
$13,922,000
Record, USD sales
Antiquorum
Top house
Every lot below is a completed sale, newest first.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 |
A gold and enamel verge watch, Circa 1765
Gold |
$3,000–5,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 41 |
A gold and enamel verge watch, Circa 1750
Gold |
$3,000–5,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 82 |
Tank Louis | A yellow gold wristwatch with engraved case back…
Yellow gold · 1985 |
$10,000–15,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 112 |
Driver | New York retailed: An unusual yellow gold deeply cur…
Yellow gold · 1973 |
$30,000–50,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 6 |
Reference 16528 'Floating Cosmograph Zenith' Daytona | An ear…
Yellow gold · Automatic · 1989 |
$40,000–80,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 113 |
Octagonal | A rare yellow gold octagonal wristwatch with orig…
Yellow gold · 1976 |
$70,000–100,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 114 |
Reference 1151 Tank Louis | A possibly unique yellow gold wri…
Yellow gold · 1990 |
$20,000–40,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
| 115 |
Reference 2488 Tank Asymétrique | A limited edition platinum …
Platinum · 1996 |
$40,000–60,000 | Not disclosed house does not publish results | – |
These watches were catalogued and offered at auction, but the house does not publish what they sold for. The estimate is what the specialists expected them to make.
Showing 1–8 of 13,973 lots with prices not disclosed at Sotheby's. Prices as reported by the auction house, in the sale's original currency.
Curated from publicly documented auction results. Realized prices, hammer plus premium, never asking prices.
The most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction. A one-off in steel with 20 complications, sold for charity.
Pocket watch with 24 complications, commissioned in 1925. Held the all-time record for years.
Paul Newman's own exotic-dial Daytona, a gift from Joanne Woodward. The most expensive Rolex ever sold.
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
The only known white gold manual-wind Daytona. Sold for charity.
The first wristwatch by the master finisher, a grande sonnerie minute repeater.
Black-dial triple calendar moonphase owned by the last emperor of Vietnam.
Handmade pocket watch by the greatest watchmaker of the 20th century.
First-generation Speedmaster from 1957 with tropical dial, a record for Omega.
Worn by Brando in Apocalypse Now, bezel removed, caseback hand-engraved by Brando.
Steel prototype with 18 complications, sold for charity.
Double-faced grand complication, one of Patek's most complicated wristwatches.
Showing 313,336 of 165,718 results (filtered)
Marketplace
$56,700
Senator Diary, A stainless steel wristwatch with date and diary alarm, Circa 2010 | 格拉蘇蒂 Senator Diary 精鋼腕錶,備日期顯示及鬧鈴裝置,約2010年製
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$16,380
Submariner, Ref. 16610LN Montre bracelet en acier avec date et bracelet | Stainless steel wristwatch with date and bracelet Vers 2009 | Circa 2009
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$126,000
La Monégasque, Reference 86280, A pink gold chronograph wristwatch, Circa 2011 | 羅杰杜彼 La Monégasque 型號86280 粉紅金計時腕錶,約2011年製
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$22,680
Day-Date, Ref. 118339 Montre bracelet en or gris et sertie de diamants avec jour, date et bracelet | White gold and diamond-set wristwatch with day, date and bracelet Vers 2001 | Circa 2001
Marketplace
$50,400
Big Bang, Reference 301.SX.1170.RX, A stainless steel and titanium chronograph wristwatch with date, Circa 2010 | 宇舶 Big Bang 型號301.SX.1170.RX 精鋼及鈦金屬計時腕錶,備日期顯示,約2010年製
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$10,710
Oyster Date, Ref. 1500 Montre bracelet en or jaune avec date et bracelet | Yellow gold wristwatch with date and bracelet Vers 1963 | Circa 1963
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$25,200
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$2,520
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$21,420
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$1,638
Ref. 11.00.01 / Ref. 67.00.03 / Ref. 64.00.01 Trois écrins avec deux surboîte | Three presentation cases with two outer packaging Vers 1980 | Circa 1980
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$12,600
Debutante, A stainless steel and gem-set interchangeable bangle watch with mother-of-pearl dial, Circa 2000 | 崑崙 Debutante 精鋼鑲寶石手鐲腕錶,備珠母貝錶盤,約2000年製
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$6,048
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$17,640
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$189,000
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$100,800
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$50,400
Ref. 5159G-001 Montre bracelet en or gris avec calendrier perpétuel, date rétrograde, année bissextile et phases de lunes | White gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with retrograde date, moon phases and leap year indication Vers 2010 | Circa 2010
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$113,400
Royal Oak, Reference 66007ST.00.0516ST.01, A stainless steel bracelet watch, Made in 1983 | 愛彼 皇家橡樹系列 型號66007ST.00.0516ST.01 精鋼鏈帶腕錶,1983年製
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$40,320
Ref. 3940 Calendrier perpetuel bracelet en or jaune avec année bissextile, indication sur 24 heures et phases de lunes | Yellow gold perpetual calendar wristwatch with moon phases, leap year and 24 hour indication Vers 1990 | Circa 1990
Marketplace
$13,860
Luminor professional instruments, Reference PAM00258, A stainless steel and teak wood barometer, thermometer and hygrometer, Circa 2009 | 沛納海 Luminor professional instruments 型號PAM00258 精鋼及柚木氣壓、溫度及濕度計,約2009年製
Marketplace
$13,860
'150th anniversary', Ref. 3960 Montre bracelet édition limitée en or jaune | Limited edition yellow gold wristwatch Vers 1989 | Circa 1989
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$63,000
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$8,195
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$30,240
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$22,680
Golden Ellipse, Ref. 3738/100J-012 Montre bracelet en or jaune doublement scéllé | Yellow gold double-sealed wristwatch Vers 2013 | Circa 2013