Most Expensive Watches Ever Sold at Auction
About This Dataset
Most Expensive Watches Ever Sold at Auction
Hammer prices including the buyer's premium, in millions of US dollars at the time of sale rather than adjusted for inflation. Private sales are excluded because their prices are rarely disclosed, so the true record for a watch changing hands may be higher than anything on this list.
Analysis
The Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 sold for $31 million, 1.29 times the $23.983 million paid for the Henry Graves Supercomplication. 10 of the 12 most expensive watches were made by Patek Philippe, and 2 manufacturers appear in total. 1 of them is a pocket watch rather than a wristwatch. The cheapest watch on this chart still fetched $5.937 million.
Key Findings
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Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 (Patek Philippe) leads in Auction Price (US$ millions) with 31 in 2026.
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Average Auction Price (US$ millions) in 2026: 12 · median: 8.
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Gap in 2026: Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 (Patek Philippe) is 5.2× larger than Daytona Unicorn Ref. 6265 (Rolex).
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia, List of most expensive watches sold at auction
- Coverage
- 12 entities · 2026 · 12 observations
- Measure
- Auction Price (US$ millions)
- Last updated
- 7 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2026.
Data Sources & References
All external sources cited in this dataset
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