Weekly market brief · 2026-07-13 · from the archive

The ultra-luxury watch market this week

One dated, citable read on the top of the market — compiled from the Price Index, the Grail Index, the auction desk's verified results and the Watch of the Day record. Every figure is first-party and documented.

Price Index
100.0
13,105 matched listings · as of 2026-07-13
Grail Index ($1M+)
182
$616,198,133 documented · 2002–2026
Verified sales tracked
6
latest auction-desk recaps
As of July 13, 2026, the Price Index stands at 100.012, a 0.012% increase across 13,105 matched listings over 40 days. A. Lange & Söhne rose 0.14%, while Audemars Piguet, Grand Seiko, and Vacheron Constantin saw declines of 0.10%, 0.03%, and 0.02% respectively. The Grail Index tracks 182 results over $1 million totaling $616,198,133 since 2002, led by the 2019 sale of a Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime for $31,000,000. Recent verified results include the Phillips New York Watch Auction: XIV, which concluded June 14 with 11 lots and a $13,922,000 top price. Christie’s New York online sale ended June 17 with five lots, featuring a $762,000 Richard Mille. Antiquorum’s June 28 sale concluded with three lots, including a $471,795 Rolex Daytona and a Cartier Crash. Upcoming auctions include Antiquorum in New York on July 18, 2026, followed by Sotheby’s in Geneva on July 22. Christie’s will host its Hong Kong online edit on September 24, 2026.

The week's verified results

SaleConcluded Verified lotsTop result
Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces · Antiquorum, Monaco 2026-06-28 3 $471,795
Watches Online: The New York Edit · Christie's, New York 2026-06-17 5 $762,000
The New York Watch Auction: XIV · Phillips, New York 2026-06-14 11 $13,922,000
Important Watches · Christie's, New York 2026-06-12 4 $2,759,000
The Heat Wave · Marteau & Co, Online/Geneva 2026-06-17 1 $1,750,000
London Fine Watches · Bonhams, London 2026-06-11 1 $352,000

Index movers

Gainers

A. Lange & Söhne +0.14%

Decliners

Audemars Piguet -0.10%

Grand Seiko -0.03%

Vacheron Constantin -0.02%

The week in Watch of the Day

2026-07-13 Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime $31,000,000 · Christie's Geneva (Only Watch) · 2019
2026-07-12 Greubel Forsey Tourbillon 24 Secondes Vision $155,130 · Christie's Hong Kong · 2025
2026-07-11 Jacob & Co Astronomia Solar $119,700 · Christie's Dubai · 2024
2026-07-10 Bovet Amadeo Fleurier Virtuoso VII $218,000 · Christie's Hong Kong · 2018
2026-07-09 Voutilainen 28SC Steel Two-Tone $181,500 · Phillips Geneva · 2024
2026-07-08 Rolex Dato-Compax 'Killy' Triple Calendar Chronograph $543,000 · Phillips Geneva · 2022
2026-07-07 Rolex GMT-Master $350,000 · Phillips Geneva · 2016

What's ahead

2026-07-18 Antiquorum — Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces New York
2026-07-22 Sotheby's — Watches Geneva
2026-09-24 Christie's — Watches Online: Hong Kong Edit Hong Kong
2026-10-05 Christie's — Watches Online: The Dubai Edit Dubai
2026-10-07 Sotheby's — Fine Watches Paris

Full auction calendar

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About this brief

Compiled weekly from MostExpensiveWatches' first-party data: the Price Index, the Grail Index, auction-desk recaps and the daily record. Machine-readable: /data/market-brief.json. Cite as “MostExpensiveWatches Weekly Market Brief”.

Compiled: 2026-07-13T08:15:57.667905+00:00