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Most Expensive Pocket Watches Sold at Auction (All Time)

Pocket watches ranked by hammer price at public auction in millions of USD. The Henry Graves Supercomplication — a Patek Philippe pocket watch made between 1925 and 1932 for New York banker Henry Graves — sold at Sotheby's Geneva in 2014 fo...

About: Most Expensive Pocket Watches Sold at Auction (All Time)

Overview of the data behind this chart
Pocket watches ranked by hammer price at public auction in millions of USD. The Henry Graves Supercomplication — a Patek Philippe pocket watch made between 1925 and 1932 for New York banker Henry Graves — sold at Sotheby's Geneva in 2014 for $24 million, the highest price ever paid for a pocket watch at auction at the time. Containing 24 complications including a celestial chart of the New York night sky, it was the most complex watch ever made and remained unsurpassed for decades.

Key Findings

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Napoleon Bonaparte Gold Pocket Watch leads with 2 in 2021.
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Average value in 2021: 2  ·  median: 2.
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1999 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.

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Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
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Data Points
8
8 categories  ·  8 years
Top Value
30
Queen Marie Antoinette Breguet (1827)
Auction Price (Million USD) · 1999
Metrics
1
Auction Price (Million USD)
Period
1999 – 2021
8 years of data
Statistical Summary — 2021
2
Maximum
2
Minimum
2
Average
2
Median

What This Data Shows

Auto-generated trend summaries per category
Queen Marie Antoinette Breguet (1827)
Recorded 30 Auction Price (Million USD) in 1999.
Calibre 89 (Patek Philippe)
Recorded 6 Auction Price (Million USD) in 2009.
Henry Graves Supercomplication (Patek Philippe)
Recorded 24 Auction Price (Million USD) in 2014.
Vacheron Constantin Ref 57260
Recorded 8 Auction Price (Million USD) in 2015.
Patek Philippe Ref 912 (1925)
Recorded 3 Auction Price (Million USD) in 2016.
George III Gold Automaton Watch
Recorded 5 Auction Price (Million USD) in 2019.
Abraham Lincoln Gold Watch (1858)
Recorded 0 Auction Price (Million USD) in 2020.
Napoleon Bonaparte Gold Pocket Watch
Recorded 2 Auction Price (Million USD) in 2021.

Full Data Table

8 records across 8 years
8 sourced
Category Metric 1999 2009 2014 2015 2016 2019 2020 2021 Source
Queen Marie Antoinette Breguet (1827) Auction Price (Million USD) 30
Calibre 89 (Patek Philippe) Auction Price (Million USD) 6
Henry Graves Supercomplication (Patek Philippe) Auction Price (Million USD) 24
Vacheron Constantin Ref 57260 Auction Price (Million USD) 8
Patek Philippe Ref 912 (1925) Auction Price (Million USD) 3
George III Gold Automaton Watch Auction Price (Million USD) 5
Abraham Lincoln Gold Watch (1858) Auction Price (Million USD) 0
Napoleon Bonaparte Gold Pocket Watch Auction Price (Million USD) 2

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