Watch of the Day · 2026-08-19 · from the archive

George Daniels Anniversary

Ref. Anniversary · 18k Yellow Gold — one documented result from the 1,183-lot MostExpensiveWatches auction record, featured today.

Documented result
$452,700
Phillips Geneva · 2019
George Daniels in the corpus
12 documented results · record $4,092,075 (2022)

Sold at the Geneva Watch Auction: NINE, this yellow gold Anniversary watch was one of the first of the series to appear at public auction.

Sold for $452,700 at Phillips Geneva during the Geneva Watch Auction: NINE in 2019, this 18k yellow gold George Daniels Anniversary ref. Anniversary represents one of the first pieces from the series to appear at public auction. Within the corpus of 12 documented George Daniels auction results—anchored by the $4,092,075 brand record set by the Spring Case Tourbillon in 2022—this sale provided an early public pricing benchmark for the Anniversary reference.

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About this series

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Compiled: 2026-08-19T00:15:26.348365+00:00