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Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010
- As of December 2022, the most expensive watch (and wristwatch) ever sold at auction is the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010, fetching US$31.19 million (31,000,000 CHF) in Geneva on 9 November 2019.
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As of December 2022, the most expensive watch (and wristwatch) ever sold at auction is the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010, fetching US$31.19 million (31,000,000 CHF) in Geneva on 9 November 2019.
- Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010
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- Rolex “Paul Newman” Daytona Ref. 6239
- Patek Philippe Stainless Steel Ref. 1518
- Patek Philippe Gobbi Milan "Heures Universelles" Ref. 2523
- Patek Philippe Two Crown Worldtime Ref. 2523 “Eurasia”
- Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5711/1A-018 “Tiffany & Co.”
- 10, Patek Philippe Titanium Ref. 5208T-010
- Patek Philippe Gold Chronograph Ref. 1527
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Patek Philippeunveiled the first Grandmaster Chime watch in 2014 as part of the many celebrations around the Genevan maison’s 175the anniversary. The reference that made history at the Only Watch auction in Geneva in 2019 was a unique piece, the only Grandmaster Chime ever crafted in stainless steel; the Grandmaster Chime models in Patek’s regular ...
Henry Graves, Jr., was a New York banker and avid watch collector who, legend has it, was engaged in a competition with fellow tycoon James Ward Packard (of Packard Motors) to become the owner of the world’s most complicated watch. In 1933, the timepiece that Graves commissioned from Patek Philippe, aptly named the Henry Graves Supercomplication, e...
Legendary actor and motorsports enthusiast Paul Newman famously wore a very particular and rare Rolex Daytona wristwatch (Ref. 6239), during his successful racing career, and examples of that watch, which has been nicknamed the ‘Paul Newman Daytona,” have been among the most valuable timepieces on the secondary market. Thus it was little surprise t...
This perpetual calendar chronograph from Patek Philippe briefly held the title for most expensive watch sold at auction when it went for 9.6 million Swiss francs at a Phillips Auction in Geneva in 2016. Dating to 1941, it is significant in several respects: the reference is the first wristwatch with both a perpetual calendar and chronograph, and it...
Dating back to 1953, this extremely rare Patek (only seven pieces were made) went on the block at Christie’s in Hong Kong in 2019. Endowed with a world-time function designed by legendary watchmaker Louis Cottier, it has a rose-gold case and blue enamel dial and it’s the only known example of this reference to bear the signature of both Patek Phili...
Another Patek Philippe world timer, this model that sold for $7.8 million in Geneva in 2021 set the record price for a watch with a “Heuer Universelle” world-time function and simultaneously became the highest-selling watch ever in a yellow-gold case. Nicknamed “The Silk Road,” this reference is noteworthy for its cloisonne dial depicting Eurasia.
Patek Philippe announced it was discontinuing its megapopular Nautilus model (Ref. 5711), kicking off a frenzied panic among that watch’s wannabe owners and in effect making the existing examples of it even more unobtainable than before. Somewhat unexpectedly, however, Patek gave the Nautilus a memorable curtain call in late 2021, producing a limit...
Holding the record for second-highest price fetched at the biennial Only Watch charitable auction (the first was the Patek Philippe steel Ref. 5016A mentioned above), this one-of-a-kind timepiece is the first and only model of the Ref. 5208 “Triple Complication” to be made with a titanium case. The watch’s three complications, powered by the R CH 2...
Sold at Christie’s in 2010 and still holding its spot in the top 25, this exceedingly rare perpetual calendar chronograph with a yellow-gold tonneau case more than doubled its pre-auction estimate. Its matte silver dial features applied Arabic numerals, a tachymeter scale, and three subdials for chronograph minutes, running seconds, date, and moon-...
This timepiece, dating to 1953, is one of only four of these two-crown world timers ever made with a guilloche dial and a rose-gold case. (One of the others resides in Patek’s museum in Geneva.)
- Mark Bernardo
- Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 6300A-010 — $31.19m. The most expensive watch ever sold at auction is the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime 6300A-010 selling for $31.19m at the Only Watch Auction in Geneva in 2019.
- Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication – $23.98m. Not only is Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication (pictured above) the only pocket watch to make our shortlist, but it is also thought to be the most complicated ever created, warranting that impressive price tag.
- Paul Newman’s ‘Exotic’ Rolex Daytona 6329 — $17.75m. The only one on our list of most expensive watches ever sold at auction to not bear the Patek Philippe name is Paul Newman’s ‘Exotic’ Rolex Daytona, which sold in New York in 2017 for a record-breaking $17.75m.
- Patek Philippe Stainless Steel 1518 — $11.14m. The Patek Philippe Stainless Steel 1518 holds impressive historical significance as the world’s first perpetual calendar chronograph.
- Mia Forbes
- Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime, 2019. Price realized: CHF 31,000,000 (USD 31,194,000) Estimate: CHF 2,500,000 – 3,000,000. Auction Venue: Christie’s, Geneva, 09 November 2019, Lot 28.
- Henry Graves Supercomplication, 1932. Price realized: CHF 23,237,000 (USD 23,983,000) Auction Venue: Sotheby’s, Geneva, 11 November 2014, Lot 345. Known seller: Private collector.
- Paul Newman ‘Exotic’ Daytona, 1968. Price realized: USD 17,752,500. Estimate: USD 1,000,000 – 2,000,000. Auction Venue: Phillips, New York, 26 October 2017, Lot 8.
- Stainless Steel Patek Philippe, 1953. Price realized: CHF 11,002,000 (USD 11,137,000) Auction Venue: Phillips, Geneva, 12 November 2016, Lot 38. About This Piece.
Mar 22, 2023 · This $5.8 Million Patek Philippe Is Now the Most Expensive Watch Ever Sold At Auction Online. The 12-complication masterpiece with a cloisonné enamel dial was sold at Christie's Top of Time...
- Demetrius Simms
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