Weekly market brief · 2026-09-14 · 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
12,009 matched listings · as of 2026-09-14
Grail Index ($1M+)
182
$616,198,133 documented · 2002–2026
Verified sales tracked
6
latest auction-desk recaps
As of September 14, 2026, the Price Index stands at 99.976 (-0.024% since baseline) across 12,009 listings tracked over 103 days. Gainers include A. Lange & Söhne (+0.15%), Patek Philippe (+0.01%), and Tudor (+0.01%), while Jaeger-LeCoultre (-0.12%), Cartier (-0.11%), and Audemars Piguet (-0.08%) declined. The Grail Index tracks 182 results of $1M+ from 2002–2026 totaling $616,198,133, led by the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime at $31,000,000 (2019). Recent verified sales include Bonhams’ Hong Kong Online Watches: Beyond Time (concluded 2026-09-03), where an A. Lange & Söhne Lange 1 Soirée reached $648,595. Antiquorum’s Monaco sale (concluded 2026-06-28) closed four verified lots led by a Rolex Daytona Paul Newman and Cartier Crash at $463,904. Christie’s Watches Online: The New York Edit (concluded 2026-06-17) logged five verified lots reaching $762,000, featuring Richard Mille and Cartier. Upcoming auctions include Christie’s Watches Online: Hong Kong Edit on September 24, 2026, Christie’s Watches Online: The Dubai Edit on October 5, 2026, and Sotheby’s Fine Watches in Paris on October 7, 2026.

The week's verified results

SaleConcluded Verified lotsTop result
Hong Kong Online Watches: Beyond Time · Bonhams, Hong Kong 2026-09-03 1 $648,595
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

Index movers

Gainers

A. Lange & Söhne +0.15%

Patek Philippe +0.01%

Tudor +0.01%

Decliners

Jaeger-LeCoultre -0.12%

Cartier -0.11%

Audemars Piguet -0.08%

The week in Watch of the Day

2026-09-14 Akrivia Chronomètre Contemporain Only Watch 2019 $360,000 · Christie's Geneva · 2019
2026-09-13 Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar 'Senza Luna' $2,500,000 · Christie's Geneva · 2023
2026-09-12 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar $145,530 · Christie's Geneva · 2022
2026-09-11 Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Chronograph (First Series) $5,661,730 · Phillips Geneva · 2018
2026-09-10 F.P. Journe Chronomètre à Résonance $182,952 · Bonhams London · 2024
2026-09-09 Patek Philippe Split-Seconds Monopusher Chronograph $571,500 · Christie's New York · 2026
2026-09-08 Richard Mille Felipe Massa Tourbillon $298,584 · Christie's Hong Kong · 2014

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: 2026-09-14T08:15:12.913464+00:00