The Record Ledger · updated July 2026 · 388 documented results
The 10 Most Expensive Watches of the 2010s
The most expensive watch sold in the 2010s ever documented by MostExpensiveWatches is the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime ref. 6300A-010, which realized $31,000,000 at Christie's Geneva (Only Watch) in 2019 — the top of 388 documented results totaling $250,765,843.
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Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime
$31,000,000 · 2019 · Christie's Geneva (Only Watch)
Steel-cased Grandmaster Chime made exclusively for the Only Watch 2019 charity sale. Patek's most complicated wristwatch (20 complications, double-faced reversible case) in a metal Patek never produces for retail. Sold for charity.
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Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication
$24,000,000 · 2014 · Sotheby's Geneva
Made 1933 for American banker Henry Graves Jr. 24 complications including a chart of the night sky over New York. Held the world auction record for any watch from 1999-2014, and again 2014-2019.
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Rolex Daytona 'Paul Newman'
$17,752,500 · 2017 · Phillips New York
Paul Newman's personal Daytona, gifted by his wife Joanne Woodward in the late 1960s. Caseback inscribed 'DRIVE CAREFULLY ME'. The watch that defined the exotic-dial Daytona category.
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Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Chronograph
$11,136,642 · 2016 · Phillips Geneva
Perpetual calendar chronograph in stainless steel. Only 4 known examples (the rest in gold). Held auction record for a wristwatch from 2016 until Patek 6300A in 2019.
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Patek Philippe World Time Cloisonné Enamel Dial
$8,968,750 · 2019 · Phillips Geneva
Two-crown world time with hand-painted cloisonné enamel North America map dial. From a series of fewer than 10 examples with map dials.
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Patek Philippe Split-Seconds Chronograph Perpetual Calendar
$8,293,700 · 2013 · Phillips Geneva (Only Watch)
Unique titanium-cased 5004 made for Only Watch 2013. Patek extremely rarely uses titanium.
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Vacheron Constantin Reference 57260
$8,000,000 · 2015 · Vacheron Constantin (commission)
Bespoke 8-year commission completed for the brand's 260th anniversary. 57 complications including double retrograde split-seconds chronograph + Hebrew perpetual calendar. Still holds the record for the most complicated mechanical watch ever made.
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Patek Philippe Grand Complication Only Watch
$7,259,348 · 2015 · Phillips Geneva
A unique grand complication in steel created for Only Watch 2015, featuring a minute repeater, tourbillon, and perpetual calendar with a blue enamel dial.
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Patek Philippe Triple Complication Only Watch
$6,226,311 · 2017 · Christie's Geneva
A unique titanium version of the Ref. 5208, featuring a minute repeater, monopusher chronograph, and instantaneous perpetual calendar.
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Rolex Cosmograph Daytona "The Unicorn"
$5,936,906 · 2018 · Phillips Geneva
The only known vintage white gold manual-winding Daytona ever produced, donated by collector John Goldberger to benefit the Children Action charity.
How the record was set
Every documented result that beat all before it.
| Year | New record | Watch |
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| 2010 | $46,800 | Heuer Autavia "Chronomatic" · Bonhams London |
| 2010 | $74,700 | Heuer Monaco PVD "Dark Lord" · Bonhams London |
| 2010 | $175,000 | Parmigiani Fleurier Bugatti Platinum Slate · Christie's New York |
| 2010 | $490,000 | Greubel Forsey Double Tourbillon 30° Vision · Christie's Geneva |
| 2010 | $5,708,885 | Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Chronograph · Christie's Geneva |
| 2013 | $8,293,700 | Patek Philippe Split-Seconds Chronograph Perpetual Calendar · Phillips Geneva (Only Watch) |
| 2014 | $24,000,000 | Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication · Sotheby's Geneva |
| 2019 | $31,000,000 | Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime · Christie's Geneva (Only Watch) |
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“The most expensive watch sold in the 2010s ever documented by MostExpensiveWatches is the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime ref. 6300A-010, which realized $31,000,000 at Christie's Geneva (Only Watch) in 2019 — the top of 388 documented results totaling $250,765,843.” — MostExpensiveWatches, July 2026. https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/decade/2010s
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