Weekly market brief · 2026-09-07 · 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
12,043 matched listings · as of 2026-09-07
Grail Index ($1M+)
182
$616,198,133 documented · 2002–2026
Verified sales tracked
6
latest auction-desk recaps
As of 2026-09-07, the Price Index stands at 99.977 (-0.023% from baseline) across 12,043 matched listings tracked over 96 days. Weekly gainers were A. Lange & Söhne (+0.15%), Patek Philippe (+0.01%), and Tudor (+0.01%), against declines in Jaeger-LeCoultre (-0.12%), Audemars Piguet (-0.08%), and Cartier (-0.07%). The Grail Index records 182 documented $1M+ results totaling $616,198,133 over 2002–2026, led by the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime at $31,000,000 in 2019. Verified auction results include Phillips' The New York Watch Auction: XIV (concluded 2026-06-14) with 11 verified lots and a top lot of $13,922,000; Christie's Watches Online: The New York Edit (concluded 2026-06-17) with 5 verified lots reaching $762,000; and Antiquorum's Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces (concluded 2026-06-28) with 4 verified lots topping at $463,904. Upcoming auctions include Christie's Watches Online: Hong Kong Edit (Hong Kong, 2026-09-24), Christie's Watches Online: The Dubai Edit (Dubai, 2026-10-05), and Sotheby's Fine Watches (Paris, 2026-10-07).

The week's verified results

SaleConcluded Verified lotsTop result
Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces · Antiquorum, Monaco 2026-06-28 4 $463,904
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 +0.15%

Patek Philippe +0.01%

Tudor +0.01%

Decliners

Jaeger-LeCoultre -0.12%

Audemars Piguet -0.08%

Cartier -0.07%

The week in Watch of the Day

2026-09-07 George Daniels Millennium $440,000 · Phillips Hong Kong · 2024
2026-09-06 Heuer Autavia 'First Execution' $125,000 · Christie's New York · 2016
2026-09-05 A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Minute Repeater $422,000 · Phillips Hong Kong · 2024
2026-09-04 F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain "Jade Dial" $1,240,000 · Phillips New York · 2022
2026-09-03 Bovet Apple-Form Verge Watch $197,000 · Christie's Geneva · 2014
2026-09-02 George Daniels Anniversary $816,500 · Phillips New York · 2022
2026-09-01 Rolex Reference 6100 "Dragon" $1,758,000 · Sotheby's Geneva · 2025

What's ahead

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
2026-10-22 Phillips — The New York Watch Auction (Autumn) New York
2026-11-07 Antiquorum — Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces Geneva

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: 2026-09-07T08:15:08.726773+00:00