{"@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Dataset", "name": "MostExpensiveWatches Record Ledger", "description": "Every documented watch auction record: the all-time top, the record for every brand, material, year and decade, with chronological record progressions. 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Patek's most complicated wristwatch (20 complications, double-faced reversible case) in a metal Patek never produces for retail. Sold for charity."}, "top": [{"slug": "patek-grandmaster-chime-6300a-only-watch", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Grandmaster Chime", "reference": "6300A-010", "hammer_usd": 31000000, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Christie's Geneva (Only Watch)", "lot_summary": "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."}, {"slug": "patek-graves-supercomplication", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Henry Graves Supercomplication", "reference": "Henry Graves Supercomplication", "hammer_usd": 24000000, "year_sold": 2014, "venue": "Sotheby's Geneva", "lot_summary": "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."}, {"slug": "rolex-paul-newman-daytona-6239", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Daytona 'Paul Newman'", "reference": "6239", "hammer_usd": 17752500, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Phillips New York", "lot_summary": "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."}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-1518-2025", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar Chronograph", "reference": "1518", "hammer_usd": 17631075, "year_sold": 2025, "venue": "Phillips Geneva", "lot_summary": "This is the first of only four known examples of the reference 1518 in stainless steel and is believed to be the first one ever produced. It set a world record as the most expensive vintage Patek Philippe wristwatch ever sold at public auction."}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-6301a-001-2024", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Grande Sonnerie Only Watch", "reference": "6301A-001", "hammer_usd": 17300000, "year_sold": 2024, "venue": "Christie's Geneva", "lot_summary": "A unique steel version of the Grande Sonnerie with a hand-guilloché blue enamel dial, sold to benefit research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy."}, {"slug": "f-p-journe-chronom-tre-r-sonance-souscription-no-007-no-007-2026-phillips-new-york", "brand": "F.P. Journe", "model": "Chronomètre à Résonance “Souscription No. 007”", "reference": "No. 007", "hammer_usd": 13922000, "year_sold": 2026, "venue": "Phillips New York", "lot_summary": "Verified result from The New York Watch Auction: XIV (Phillips New York), concluded 2026-06-14. Reported by the MostExpensiveWatches auction desk with primary sources on file."}, {"slug": "patek-1518-steel-1943", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar Chronograph", "reference": "1518", "hammer_usd": 11136642, "year_sold": 2016, "venue": "Phillips Geneva", "lot_summary": "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."}, {"slug": "f-p-journe-ffc-prototype-2025", "brand": "F.P. Journe", "model": "FFC Prototype", "reference": "FFC Prototype", "hammer_usd": 10755000, "year_sold": 2025, "venue": "Phillips New York", "lot_summary": "A unique prototype from the personal collection of Francis Ford Coppola, featuring an articulated automaton hand that indicates the hours with its fingers."}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-2523-2026", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "\"South America\" World Time", "reference": "2523", "hammer_usd": 10247000, "year_sold": 2026, "venue": "Phillips Geneva", "lot_summary": "An extraordinarily rare dual-crown world time wristwatch featuring a polychrome cloisonné enamel dial depicting the map of South America. It is one of only two known examples with this specific dial configuration."}, {"slug": "patek-2523-worldtime-cloisonne", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "World Time Cloisonné Enamel Dial", "reference": "2523", "hammer_usd": 8968750, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Phillips Geneva", "lot_summary": "Two-crown world time with hand-painted cloisonné enamel North America map dial. From a series of fewer than 10 examples with map dials."}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-2523-2023", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "World Time 'North America'", "reference": "2523", "hammer_usd": 8530000, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong", "lot_summary": "An exceptionally rare world time reference featuring a cloisonné enamel dial depicting the map of North America, one of only three known."}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-2523j-2024", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "World Time 'Eurasia'", "reference": "2523J", "hammer_usd": 8380000, "year_sold": 2024, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong", "lot_summary": "A legendary reference featuring a cloisonné enamel dial with a map of Eurasia, representing the 'golden age' of Patek Philippe world time watches."}, {"slug": "f-p-journe-15-93-2024", "brand": "F.P. Journe", "model": "Tourbillon Souverain à Remontoire d'Egalité", "reference": "15/93", "hammer_usd": 8357441, "year_sold": 2024, "venue": "Phillips Geneva", "lot_summary": "The second wristwatch ever made by François-Paul Journe and the first ever sold to a client; it set a world record for any F.P. Journe and any independent watchmaker at auction."}, {"slug": "patek-5004t-only-watch", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Split-Seconds Chronograph Perpetual Calendar", "reference": "5004T", "hammer_usd": 8293700, "year_sold": 2013, "venue": "Phillips Geneva (Only Watch)", "lot_summary": "Unique titanium-cased 5004 made for Only Watch 2013. Patek extremely rarely uses titanium."}, {"slug": "vacheron-57260", "brand": "Vacheron Constantin", "model": "Reference 57260", "reference": "57260", "hammer_usd": 8000000, "year_sold": 2015, "venue": "Vacheron Constantin (commission)", "lot_summary": "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."}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-2523-2021", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "\"Eurasia\" World Time", "reference": "2523", "hammer_usd": 7819051, "year_sold": 2021, "venue": "Phillips Geneva", "lot_summary": "Nicknamed the \"Silk Road,\" this previously unknown example features a cloisonné enamel dial depicting the Eurasian landmass. It established a record for any yellow gold wristwatch at the time of its sale."}, {"slug": "audemars-piguet-16869-2025", "brand": "Audemars Piguet", "model": "Grosse Pièce", "reference": "16869", "hammer_usd": 7736000, "year_sold": 2025, "venue": "Sotheby's New York", "lot_summary": "The most complicated Audemars Piguet pocket watch in private hands, featuring 19 complications including a celestial sky chart, tourbillon, and grande sonnerie."}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-5016a-010-2015", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Grand Complication Only Watch", "reference": "5016A-010", "hammer_usd": 7259348, "year_sold": 2015, "venue": "Phillips Geneva", "lot_summary": "A unique grand complication in steel created for Only Watch 2015, featuring a minute repeater, tourbillon, and perpetual calendar with a blue enamel dial."}, {"slug": "breguet-sympathique-no-1-2025", "brand": "Breguet", "model": "Sympathique Clock and Wristwatch", "reference": "Sympathique No. 1", "hammer_usd": 6617010, "year_sold": 2025, "venue": "Phillips Geneva", "lot_summary": "A unique horological ensemble created by F.P. Journe and THA in 1991; the master clock automatically winds and sets the accompanying tourbillon wristwatch."}, {"slug": "patek-5711-tiffany-blue-charity", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Nautilus 'Tiffany Blue'", "reference": "5711/1A-018", "hammer_usd": 6503500, "year_sold": 2021, "venue": "Phillips New York", "lot_summary": "Made in 170 examples for Tiffany & Co's 5th Avenue boutique, celebrating Patek-Tiffany's 170-year partnership. Lot 1 sold for charity at Phillips on the same day the model was released — 124x retail."}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-5208t-010-2017", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Triple Complication Only Watch", "reference": "5208T-010", "hammer_usd": 6226311, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Christie's Geneva", "lot_summary": "A unique titanium version of the Ref. 5208, featuring a minute repeater, monopusher chronograph, and instantaneous perpetual calendar."}, {"slug": "rolex-6265-2018", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"The Unicorn\"", "reference": "6265", "hammer_usd": 5936906, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Phillips Geneva", "lot_summary": "The only known vintage white gold manual-winding Daytona ever produced, donated by collector John Goldberger to benefit the Children Action charity."}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-6002g-001-2023", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Sky Moon Tourbillon", "reference": "6002G-001", "hammer_usd": 5815300, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong (Online)", "lot_summary": "Set a world record for the most expensive watch sold in an online-only auction; features 12 complications and a hand-engraved case."}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-96-qp-first-perpetual", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Quantieme Perpetuel", "reference": "96 QP", "hammer_usd": 5800000, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Phillips Hong Kong", "lot_summary": "The first perpetual calendar wristwatch ever produced by Patek Philippe, originally owned by Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the last Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. This piece is one of only eight known examples of the reference 96 with a perpetual calendar complication."}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-1527-2010", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar Chronograph", "reference": "1527", "hammer_usd": 5708885, "year_sold": 2010, "venue": "Christie's Geneva", "lot_summary": "A unique and historically important tonneau-shaped perpetual calendar chronograph that served as a precursor to the legendary Ref. 2499."}], "progression": [{"slug": "rolex-4113-1996", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Split-Seconds Chronograph", "reference": "4113", "hammer_usd": 800851, "year_sold": 1996, "venue": "Antiquorum Geneva", "lot_summary": "One of only 12 examples known, this oversized split-seconds chronograph from the Mondani Collection set a long-standing world record for a Rolex at auction."}, {"slug": "cartier-tortue-minute-repeater-2002", "brand": "Cartier", "model": "Tortue Minute Repeater", "reference": "Tortue Minute Repeater", "hammer_usd": 1500000, "year_sold": 2002, "venue": "Antiquorum Geneva", "lot_summary": "An exceptionally rare Art Deco minute repeater entered into Cartier's registers in 1929; it was the only known minute repeating watch made by Cartier during that era at the time of sale."}, {"slug": "vacheron-constantin-80250-000r-9145-2005", "brand": "Vacheron Constantin", "model": "Tour de l'Ile", "reference": "80250/000R-9145", "hammer_usd": 1564000, "year_sold": 2005, "venue": "Antiquorum Geneva", "lot_summary": "Created for the brand's 250th anniversary, this was the world's most complicated wristwatch at the time of its release, featuring 16 complications and 834 components."}, {"slug": "vacheron-constantin-402833-2005", "brand": "Vacheron Constantin", "model": "King Fouad I Pocket Watch", "reference": "402833", "hammer_usd": 2755000, "year_sold": 2005, "venue": "Antiquorum Geneva", "lot_summary": "An exceptionally complicated pocket watch made for King Fouad I of Egypt in 1929, featuring a carillon minute repeater and split-seconds chronograph; it set a world record for a Vacheron Constantin at the time."}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-1527-2010", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar Chronograph", "reference": "1527", "hammer_usd": 5708885, "year_sold": 2010, "venue": "Christie's Geneva", "lot_summary": "A unique and historically important tonneau-shaped perpetual calendar chronograph that served as a precursor to the legendary Ref. 2499."}, {"slug": "patek-5004t-only-watch", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Split-Seconds Chronograph Perpetual Calendar", "reference": "5004T", "hammer_usd": 8293700, "year_sold": 2013, "venue": "Phillips Geneva (Only Watch)", "lot_summary": "Unique titanium-cased 5004 made for Only Watch 2013. Patek extremely rarely uses titanium."}, {"slug": "patek-graves-supercomplication", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Henry Graves Supercomplication", "reference": "Henry Graves Supercomplication", "hammer_usd": 24000000, "year_sold": 2014, "venue": "Sotheby's Geneva", "lot_summary": "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."}, {"slug": "patek-grandmaster-chime-6300a-only-watch", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Grandmaster Chime", "reference": "6300A-010", "hammer_usd": 31000000, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Christie's Geneva (Only Watch)", "lot_summary": "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."}], "as_of": "July 2026"}, "capsules": [{"floor_label": "$10M", "count": 9, "total_usd": 153744217}, {"floor_label": "$5M", "count": 32, "total_usd": 306913358}, {"floor_label": "$1M", "count": 182, "total_usd": 616198133}], "groups": {"brand": {"patek-philippe": {"label": "Patek Philippe", "count": 87, "record": {"slug": "patek-grandmaster-chime-6300a-only-watch", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Grandmaster Chime", "reference": "6300A-010", "hammer_usd": 31000000, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Christie's Geneva (Only Watch)", "lot_summary": "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."}, "top": [{"slug": "patek-grandmaster-chime-6300a-only-watch", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Grandmaster Chime", "reference": "6300A-010", "hammer_usd": 31000000, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Christie's Geneva (Only Watch)"}, {"slug": "patek-graves-supercomplication", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Henry Graves Supercomplication", "reference": "Henry Graves Supercomplication", "hammer_usd": 24000000, "year_sold": 2014, "venue": "Sotheby's Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-1518-2025", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar Chronograph", "reference": "1518", "hammer_usd": 17631075, "year_sold": 2025, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-6301a-001-2024", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Grande Sonnerie Only Watch", "reference": "6301A-001", "hammer_usd": 17300000, "year_sold": 2024, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-1518-steel-1943", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar Chronograph", "reference": "1518", "hammer_usd": 11136642, "year_sold": 2016, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-2523-2026", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "\"South America\" World Time", "reference": "2523", "hammer_usd": 10247000, "year_sold": 2026, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-2523-worldtime-cloisonne", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "World Time Cloisonné Enamel Dial", "reference": "2523", "hammer_usd": 8968750, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-2523-2023", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "World Time 'North America'", "reference": "2523", "hammer_usd": 8530000, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-2523j-2024", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "World Time 'Eurasia'", "reference": "2523J", "hammer_usd": 8380000, "year_sold": 2024, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "patek-5004t-only-watch", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Split-Seconds Chronograph Perpetual Calendar", "reference": "5004T", "hammer_usd": 8293700, "year_sold": 2013, "venue": "Phillips Geneva (Only Watch)"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/patek-philippe"}, "rolex": {"label": "Rolex", "count": 69, "record": {"slug": "rolex-paul-newman-daytona-6239", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Daytona 'Paul Newman'", "reference": "6239", "hammer_usd": 17752500, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Phillips New York", "lot_summary": "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."}, "top": [{"slug": "rolex-paul-newman-daytona-6239", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Daytona 'Paul Newman'", "reference": "6239", "hammer_usd": 17752500, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Phillips New York"}, {"slug": "rolex-6265-2018", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"The Unicorn\"", "reference": "6265", "hammer_usd": 5936906, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-6263-2020", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"Big Red\"", "reference": "6263", "hammer_usd": 5475000, "year_sold": 2020, "venue": "Phillips New York"}, {"slug": "rolex-daytona-john-mayer-6263", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Daytona 'Big Red' (John Mayer's)", "reference": "6263", "hammer_usd": 5400000, "year_sold": 2024, "venue": "Phillips New York"}, {"slug": "rolex-6270-2025", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"The King\"", "reference": "6270", "hammer_usd": 5230100, "year_sold": 2025, "venue": "Sotheby's Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "rolex-bao-dai-6062", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Triple-Calendar Moonphase 'Bao Dai'", "reference": "6062", "hammer_usd": 5066000, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-6263-lemon-dial-the-legend", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Daytona 'The Legend'", "reference": "6263", "hammer_usd": 3726000, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-paul-newman-rcco-john-goldberger", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Daytona 'RCO' Paul Newman Oysterquartz Concept Outdated", "reference": "6263 'RCO'", "hammer_usd": 3724000, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-16516-2021", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona", "reference": "16516", "hammer_usd": 3100000, "year_sold": 2021, "venue": "Sotheby's Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "rolex-6240-2018", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"The Neanderthal\"", "reference": "6240", "hammer_usd": 3012422, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}], "url": 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"hammer_usd": 1152000, "year_sold": 2024, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "audemars-piguet-26605ce-00-1248ce-98-2022", "brand": "Audemars Piguet", "model": "Royal Oak Grand Complication", "reference": "26605CE.00.1248CE.98", "hammer_usd": 1134000, "year_sold": 2022, "venue": "Sotheby's New York"}, {"slug": "audemars-piguet-25654pt-2022", "brand": "Audemars Piguet", "model": "Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar \"Asprey\"", "reference": "25654PT", "hammer_usd": 1036511, "year_sold": 2022, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "audemars-piguet-jumping-hour-circa-1928-2026-christie-s-new-york", "brand": "Audemars Piguet", "model": "Jumping Hour (circa 1928)", "reference": "—", "hammer_usd": 1016000, "year_sold": 2026, "venue": "Christie's New York"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/audemars-piguet"}, "cartier": {"label": "Cartier", "count": 63, "record": {"slug": "cartier-london-crash-2026", "brand": "Cartier", "model": "Crash", "reference": "London Crash", 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Journe", "model": "Chronomètre Bleu", "reference": "2-574CB", "hammer_usd": 80127, "year_sold": 2024, "venue": "Bonhams London"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/material/tantalum"}, "bronze": {"label": "Bronze", "count": 5, "record": {"slug": "tudor-7925-001-2017", "brand": "Tudor", "model": "Black Bay Bronze One (Only Watch 2017)", "reference": "7925/001", "hammer_usd": 351265, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Christie's Geneva", "lot_summary": "A unique left-handed (LHD) version of the Black Bay Bronze with a khaki green dial and bezel, sold to benefit research into Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy."}, "top": [{"slug": "tudor-7925-001-2017", "brand": "Tudor", "model": "Black Bay Bronze One (Only Watch 2017)", "reference": "7925/001", "hammer_usd": 351265, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "tudor-79250bm-2017", "brand": "Tudor", "model": "Black Bay Bronze One", "reference": "79250BM", "hammer_usd": 350000, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "roger-dubuis-dbex0739-2019", "brand": "Roger Dubuis", "model": "Excalibur Knights of the Round Table", "reference": "DBEX0739", "hammer_usd": 286989, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "urwerk-space-blade-2024", "brand": "Urwerk", "model": "URWERK Space Blade Only Watch 2024", "reference": "Space Blade", "hammer_usd": 71500, "year_sold": 2024, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "panerai-pam00382-2019", "brand": "Panerai", "model": "Luminor Submersible 1950 'Bronzo'", "reference": "PAM00382", "hammer_usd": 27000, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Phillips Hong Kong"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/material/bronze"}}, "year": {"2008": {"label": "watches sold in 2008", "count": 11, "record": {"slug": "a-lange-s-hne-6-51-2008", "brand": "A. 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Lange & Söhne", "model": "Tourbograph Pour Le Mérite", "reference": "6/51", "hammer_usd": 757000, "year_sold": 2008, "venue": "Sotheby's Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "rolex-1665-2008", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "COMEX Sea-Dweller", "reference": "1665", "hammer_usd": 248800, "year_sold": 2008, "venue": "Antiquorum New York"}, {"slug": "rolex-6541-2008", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Milgauss", "reference": "6541", "hammer_usd": 190400, "year_sold": 2008, "venue": "Antiquorum New York"}, {"slug": "rolex-1680-2008", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Submariner COMEX", "reference": "1680", "hammer_usd": 155000, "year_sold": 2008, "venue": "Antiquorum New York"}, {"slug": "rolex-5510-2008", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "James Bond Submariner", "reference": "5510", "hammer_usd": 155000, "year_sold": 2008, "venue": "Antiquorum New York"}, {"slug": "rolex-5513-2008", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Military Submariner", "reference": "5513", "hammer_usd": 155000, "year_sold": 2008, "venue": "Antiquorum New York"}, {"slug": "rolex-6263-2008", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Daytona Tiffany & Co.", "reference": "6263", "hammer_usd": 155000, "year_sold": 2008, "venue": "Antiquorum New York"}, {"slug": "breguet-5237-2008", "brand": "Breguet", "model": "Classique Chronograph", "reference": "5237", "hammer_usd": 112500, "year_sold": 2008, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "panerai-5218-301-a-2008", "brand": "Panerai", "model": "Mare Nostrum", "reference": "5218-301/A", "hammer_usd": 21000, "year_sold": 2008, "venue": "Bonhams Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "bovet-sp0480-2008", "brand": "Bovet", "model": "Sportster", "reference": "SP0480", "hammer_usd": 12000, "year_sold": 2008, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/sold-in/2008"}, "2010": {"label": "watches sold in 2010", "count": 17, "record": {"slug": "patek-philippe-1527-2010", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar Chronograph", "reference": "1527", "hammer_usd": 5708885, "year_sold": 2010, "venue": "Christie's Geneva", "lot_summary": "A unique and historically important tonneau-shaped perpetual calendar chronograph that served as a precursor to the legendary Ref. 2499."}, "top": [{"slug": "patek-philippe-1527-2010", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar Chronograph", "reference": "1527", "hammer_usd": 5708885, "year_sold": 2010, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "greubel-forsey-double-tourbillon-30-vision-2010", "brand": "Greubel Forsey", "model": "Double Tourbillon 30° Vision", "reference": "Double Tourbillon 30° Vision", "hammer_usd": 490000, "year_sold": 2010, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "parmigiani-fleurier-pfh340-2000200-01-2010", "brand": "Parmigiani Fleurier", "model": "Bugatti Platinum Slate", "reference": "PFH340-2000200-01", "hammer_usd": 175000, "year_sold": 2010, "venue": "Christie's New York"}, {"slug": "heuer-740303-n-2010", "brand": "Heuer", "model": "Monaco PVD \"Dark Lord\"", "reference": "740303 N", "hammer_usd": 74700, "year_sold": 2010, "venue": "Bonhams London"}, {"slug": "heuer-1163-2010", "brand": "Heuer", "model": "Autavia \"Chronomatic\"", "reference": "1163", "hammer_usd": 46800, "year_sold": 2010, "venue": "Bonhams London"}, {"slug": "heuer-1158-chn-2010", "brand": "Heuer", "model": "Carrera 18ct Gold", "reference": "1158 CHN", "hammer_usd": 35500, "year_sold": 2010, "venue": "Bonhams London"}, {"slug": "audemars-piguet-25863ti-2010", "brand": "Audemars Piguet", "model": "Royal Oak Offshore T3", "reference": "25863TI", "hammer_usd": 35250, "year_sold": 2010, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "heuer-1158-2010", "brand": "Heuer", "model": "Carrera 18k Gold (Arturo Merzario)", "reference": "1158", "hammer_usd": 33737, "year_sold": 2010, "venue": "Bonhams Goodwood"}, {"slug": "heuer-1133-b-2010", "brand": "Heuer", "model": "Monaco \"Steve McQueen\"", "reference": "1133 B", "hammer_usd": 23569, "year_sold": 2010, "venue": "Bonhams London"}, {"slug": "breguet-3810st-2010", "brand": "Breguet", "model": "Type XXI", "reference": "3810ST", "hammer_usd": 21450, "year_sold": 2010, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/sold-in/2010"}, "2011": {"label": "watches sold in 2011", "count": 3, "record": {"slug": "breguet-2516-2011", "brand": "Breguet", "model": "Tonneau Perpetual Calendar", "reference": "2516", "hammer_usd": 475000, "year_sold": 2011, "venue": "Christie's Geneva", "lot_summary": "The earliest purpose-made perpetual calendar wristwatch ever made, featuring an instantaneous calendar and a unique tonneau-shaped case."}, "top": [{"slug": "breguet-2516-2011", "brand": "Breguet", "model": "Tonneau Perpetual Calendar", "reference": "2516", "hammer_usd": 475000, "year_sold": 2011, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "bovet-cp0016-2011", "brand": "Bovet", "model": "Butterfly Tourbillon", "reference": "CP0016", "hammer_usd": 56000, "year_sold": 2011, "venue": "Christie's Hong 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Cairelli Split-Second Chronograph", "reference": "22560", "hammer_usd": 129000, "year_sold": 2012, "venue": "Sotheby's Geneva"}, {"slug": "panerai-pam00350-2012", "brand": "Panerai", "model": "Radiomir Tourbillon GMT 'Lo Scienziato'", "reference": "PAM00350", "hammer_usd": 120967, "year_sold": 2012, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/sold-in/2012"}, "2013": {"label": "watches sold in 2013", "count": 20, "record": {"slug": "patek-5004t-only-watch", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Split-Seconds Chronograph Perpetual Calendar", "reference": "5004T", "hammer_usd": 8293700, "year_sold": 2013, "venue": "Phillips Geneva (Only Watch)", "lot_summary": "Unique titanium-cased 5004 made for Only Watch 2013. Patek extremely rarely uses titanium."}, "top": [{"slug": "patek-5004t-only-watch", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Split-Seconds Chronograph Perpetual Calendar", "reference": "5004T", "hammer_usd": 8293700, "year_sold": 2013, "venue": "Phillips Geneva (Only Watch)"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-97912-2013", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Stephen S. 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Held the world auction record for any watch from 1999-2014, and again 2014-2019."}, "top": [{"slug": "patek-graves-supercomplication", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Henry Graves Supercomplication", "reference": "Henry Graves Supercomplication", "hammer_usd": 24000000, "year_sold": 2014, "venue": "Sotheby's Geneva"}, {"slug": "breguet-1176-tourbillon-pocket-watch", "brand": "Breguet", "model": "Tourbillon No. 1176", "reference": "1176", "hammer_usd": 821000, "year_sold": 2014, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "blancpain-1735-2014", "brand": "Blancpain", "model": "1735 Grande Complication", "reference": "1735", "hammer_usd": 545000, "year_sold": 2014, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "a-lange-s-hne-701-008-2014", "brand": "A. Lange & Söhne", "model": "Tourbillon Pour le Mérite", "reference": "701.008", "hammer_usd": 486250, "year_sold": 2014, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "breguet-3857-2014", "brand": "Breguet", "model": "250th Anniversary Minute Repeating Perpetual Calendar Tourbillon", "reference": "3857", "hammer_usd": 410800, "year_sold": 2014, "venue": "Sotheby's Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "jaeger-lecoultre-187-3-46-s-2014", "brand": "Jaeger-LeCoultre", "model": "Master Grand Tradition Grand Complication", "reference": "187.3.46.S", "hammer_usd": 409536, "year_sold": 2014, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "richard-mille-rm009-af-2014", "brand": "Richard Mille", "model": "Felipe Massa Tourbillon", "reference": "RM009 AF", "hammer_usd": 298584, "year_sold": 2014, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "panerai-6152-1-2014", "brand": "Panerai", "model": "Luminor Marina Militare", "reference": "6152-1", "hammer_usd": 272222, "year_sold": 2014, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "bovet-663-2014", "brand": "Bovet", "model": "Apple-Form Verge Watch", "reference": "663", "hammer_usd": 197000, "year_sold": 2014, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "panerai-3646-2014", "brand": "Panerai", "model": "Radiomir 'Kampfschwimmer'", "reference": "3646", "hammer_usd": 118055, "year_sold": 2014, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/sold-in/2014"}, "2015": {"label": "watches sold in 2015", "count": 48, "record": {"slug": "vacheron-57260", "brand": "Vacheron Constantin", "model": "Reference 57260", "reference": "57260", "hammer_usd": 8000000, "year_sold": 2015, "venue": "Vacheron Constantin (commission)", "lot_summary": "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."}, "top": [{"slug": "vacheron-57260", "brand": "Vacheron Constantin", "model": "Reference 57260", "reference": "57260", "hammer_usd": 8000000, "year_sold": 2015, "venue": "Vacheron Constantin (commission)"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-5016a-010-2015", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Grand Complication Only Watch", "reference": "5016A-010", "hammer_usd": 7259348, "year_sold": 2015, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-130-2015", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Single-Button Chronograph", "reference": "130", "hammer_usd": 4987000, "year_sold": 2015, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-1436-2015", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Split-Seconds Chronograph", "reference": "1436", "hammer_usd": 3291000, "year_sold": 2015, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-6263-2015", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"Albino\"", "reference": "6263", "hammer_usd": 1418000, "year_sold": 2015, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-1463-2015", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Chronograph \"Tasti Tondi\"", "reference": "1463", "hammer_usd": 1210000, "year_sold": 2015, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "richard-mille-rm027-02-prototype-2015", "brand": "Richard Mille", "model": "RM027-02 Only Watch 2015", "reference": "RM027-02 Prototype", "hammer_usd": 650000, "year_sold": 2015, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "f-p-journe-tourbillon-souverain-blue-2015", "brand": "F.P. Journe", "model": "Tourbillon Souverain Blue", "reference": "Tourbillon Souverain Blue", "hammer_usd": 583000, "year_sold": 2015, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "audemars-piguet-5516-leap-year", "brand": "Audemars Piguet", "model": "Perpetual Calendar Leap Year", "reference": "5516", "hammer_usd": 545000, "year_sold": 2015, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-6100-2015", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Oyster Perpetual \"Les Armoiries\"", "reference": "6100", "hammer_usd": 317000, "year_sold": 2015, "venue": "Christie's New York"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/sold-in/2015"}, "2016": {"label": "watches sold in 2016", "count": 62, "record": {"slug": "patek-1518-steel-1943", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar Chronograph", "reference": "1518", "hammer_usd": 11136642, "year_sold": 2016, "venue": "Phillips Geneva", "lot_summary": "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."}, "top": [{"slug": "patek-1518-steel-1943", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar Chronograph", "reference": "1518", "hammer_usd": 11136642, "year_sold": 2016, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-4113-2016", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Split-Seconds Chronograph", "reference": "4113", "hammer_usd": 2466793, "year_sold": 2016, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-6239-2016", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"The Doctor\"", "reference": "6239", "hammer_usd": 1113106, "year_sold": 2016, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-8171-2016", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Triple Calendar Moonphase \"Padellone\"", "reference": "8171", "hammer_usd": 1020000, "year_sold": 2016, "venue": "Phillips Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "rolex-6263-2016", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"Tiffany & Co.\"", "reference": "6263", "hammer_usd": 804000, "year_sold": 2016, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-530-2016", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Oversize Chronograph", "reference": "530", "hammer_usd": 700000, "year_sold": 2016, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-1463-tasti-tondi-steel", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Tasti Tondi Chronograph", "reference": "1463", "hammer_usd": 400000, "year_sold": 2016, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-130-sector-dial", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Sector Dial Chronograph", "reference": "130", "hammer_usd": 350000, "year_sold": 2016, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-6542-2016", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "GMT-Master", "reference": "6542", "hammer_usd": 350000, "year_sold": 2016, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "philippe-dufour-simplicity-2016", "brand": "Philippe Dufour", "model": "Simplicity 37mm", "reference": "Simplicity", "hammer_usd": 257868, "year_sold": 2016, "venue": "Phillips Hong Kong"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/sold-in/2016"}, "2017": {"label": "watches sold in 2017", "count": 68, "record": {"slug": "rolex-paul-newman-daytona-6239", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Daytona 'Paul Newman'", "reference": "6239", "hammer_usd": 17752500, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Phillips New York", "lot_summary": "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."}, "top": [{"slug": "rolex-paul-newman-daytona-6239", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Daytona 'Paul Newman'", "reference": "6239", "hammer_usd": 17752500, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Phillips New York"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-5208t-010-2017", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Triple Complication Only Watch", "reference": "5208T-010", "hammer_usd": 6226311, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-bao-dai-6062", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Triple-Calendar Moonphase 'Bao Dai'", "reference": "6062", "hammer_usd": 5066000, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-6263-lemon-dial-the-legend", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Daytona 'The Legend'", "reference": "6263", "hammer_usd": 3726000, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "philippe-dufour-duality-platinum", "brand": "Philippe Dufour", "model": "Duality", "reference": "Duality", "hammer_usd": 1800000, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Phillips New York"}, {"slug": "omega-unique-prototype-2017", "brand": "Omega", "model": "Tourbillon 30 I", "reference": "Unique Prototype", "hammer_usd": 1428500, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "richard-mille-rm056-prototype-no-2-2017", "brand": "Richard Mille", "model": "Felipe Massa Sapphire", "reference": "RM056 Prototype No. 2", "hammer_usd": 1207500, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Christie's New York"}, {"slug": "f-p-journe-rattrapante-2017", "brand": "F.P. Journe", "model": "Chronographe Monopoussoir Rattrapante Only Watch 2017", "reference": "Rattrapante", "hammer_usd": 1150000, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-6264-2017", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"Lemon Dial\" Paul Newman", "reference": "6264", "hammer_usd": 871500, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Christie's New York"}, {"slug": "audemars-piguet-5516-2017", "brand": "Audemars Piguet", "model": "Perpetual Calendar with Leap Year Indication", "reference": "5516", "hammer_usd": 675000, "year_sold": 2017, "venue": "Phillips New York"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/sold-in/2017"}, "2018": {"label": "watches sold in 2018", "count": 49, "record": {"slug": "rolex-6265-2018", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"The Unicorn\"", "reference": "6265", "hammer_usd": 5936906, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Phillips Geneva", "lot_summary": "The only known vintage white gold manual-winding Daytona ever produced, donated by collector John Goldberger to benefit the Children Action charity."}, "top": [{"slug": "rolex-6265-2018", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"The Unicorn\"", "reference": "6265", "hammer_usd": 5936906, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-2499-first-series-yellow-gold", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar Chronograph (First Series)", "reference": "2499", "hammer_usd": 5661730, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-paul-newman-rcco-john-goldberger", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Daytona 'RCO' Paul Newman Oysterquartz Concept Outdated", "reference": "6263 'RCO'", "hammer_usd": 3724000, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-6240-2018", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"The Neanderthal\"", "reference": "6240", "hammer_usd": 3012422, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "omega-h6582-d96043-2018", "brand": "Omega", "model": "Elvis Presley Omega Tiffany & Co.", "reference": "H6582 / D96043", "hammer_usd": 1812500, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-6263-2018", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"Oyster Sotto\"", "reference": "6263", "hammer_usd": 1662106, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-6062-2018", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Oyster Perpetual \"Dark Star\"", "reference": "6062", "hammer_usd": 1572500, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Christie's New York"}, {"slug": "rolex-6538-2018", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Submariner \"Big Crown\" Explorer Dial", "reference": "6538", "hammer_usd": 1068500, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Christie's New York"}, {"slug": "rolex-6239-2018", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Daytona \"Paul Newman\" Tropical", "reference": "6239", "hammer_usd": 947776, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Sotheby's Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-16516-2018", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona", "reference": "16516", "hammer_usd": 871000, "year_sold": 2018, "venue": "Sotheby's Hong Kong"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/sold-in/2018"}, "2019": {"label": "watches sold in 2019", "count": 62, "record": {"slug": "patek-grandmaster-chime-6300a-only-watch", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Grandmaster Chime", "reference": "6300A-010", "hammer_usd": 31000000, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Christie's Geneva (Only Watch)", "lot_summary": "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."}, "top": [{"slug": "patek-grandmaster-chime-6300a-only-watch", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Grandmaster Chime", "reference": "6300A-010", "hammer_usd": 31000000, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Christie's Geneva (Only Watch)"}, {"slug": "patek-2523-worldtime-cloisonne", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "World Time Cloisonné Enamel Dial", "reference": "2523", "hammer_usd": 8968750, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-1675-2019", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "GMT-Master \"Marlon Brando\"", "reference": "1675", "hammer_usd": 1952000, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Phillips New York"}, {"slug": "rolex-4113-2019", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Split-Seconds Chronograph", "reference": "4113", "hammer_usd": 1945000, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-6062-2019", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Triple Calendar Moonphase \"Stelline\"", "reference": "6062", "hammer_usd": 1940000, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "f-p-journe-ast-2019", "brand": "F.P. Journe", "model": "Astronomic Blue Only Watch 2019", "reference": "AST", "hammer_usd": 1854000, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-sky-moon-tourbillon-platinum", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Sky Moon Tourbillon", "reference": "5002P", "hammer_usd": 1437500, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-1803-2019", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Day-Date \"Jack Nicklaus\"", "reference": "1803", "hammer_usd": 1220000, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Phillips New York"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-3448-2019", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar 'Padellone'", "reference": "3448", "hammer_usd": 1155000, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Christie's New York"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-530-white-gold-oversized", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Calatrava Oversized", "reference": "530", "hammer_usd": 600000, "year_sold": 2019, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/sold-in/2019"}, "2020": {"label": "watches sold in 2020", "count": 58, "record": {"slug": "rolex-6263-2020", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"Big Red\"", "reference": "6263", "hammer_usd": 5475000, "year_sold": 2020, "venue": "Phillips New York", "lot_summary": "Paul Newman's personal 'Big Red' Daytona, gifted by his wife and worn by the actor for over two decades."}, "top": [{"slug": "rolex-6263-2020", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph Daytona \"Big Red\"", "reference": "6263", "hammer_usd": 5475000, "year_sold": 2020, "venue": "Phillips New York"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-1518-2020", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "\"Pink on Pink\" Perpetual Calendar Chronograph", "reference": "1518", "hammer_usd": 3565224, "year_sold": 2020, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-2499-2020", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar Chronograph", "reference": "2499", "hammer_usd": 2740000, "year_sold": 2020, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "heuer-monaco-1133b-steve-mcqueen", "brand": "Heuer", "model": "Monaco", "reference": "1133B", "hammer_usd": 2208000, "year_sold": 2020, "venue": "Phillips New York"}, {"slug": "heuer-1133-2020", "brand": "Heuer", "model": "Monaco \"Steve McQueen\"", "reference": "1133", "hammer_usd": 2208000, "year_sold": 2020, "venue": "Phillips New York"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-1579-2020", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Chronograph \"Spider Lugs\"", "reference": "1579", "hammer_usd": 2050000, "year_sold": 2020, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-6264-2020", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Daytona \"JPS Paul Newman\"", "reference": "6264", "hammer_usd": 1545723, "year_sold": 2020, "venue": "Sotheby's London"}, {"slug": "philippe-dufour-simplicity-34mm-platinum", "brand": "Philippe Dufour", "model": "Simplicity", "reference": "Simplicity", "hammer_usd": 1512000, "year_sold": 2020, "venue": "Phillips Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "f-p-journe-t-souscription-no-14-2020", "brand": "F.P. Journe", "model": "Tourbillon Souverain \"Souscription\"", "reference": "T Souscription No. 14", "hammer_usd": 1480000, "year_sold": 2020, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "f-p-journe-rt-souscription-no-14-2020", "brand": "F.P. Journe", "model": "Chronomètre à Résonance \"Souscription\"", "reference": "RT Souscription No. 14", "hammer_usd": 1100000, "year_sold": 2020, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/sold-in/2020"}, "2021": {"label": "watches sold in 2021", "count": 130, "record": {"slug": "patek-philippe-2523-2021", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "\"Eurasia\" World Time", "reference": "2523", "hammer_usd": 7819051, "year_sold": 2021, "venue": "Phillips Geneva", "lot_summary": "Nicknamed the \"Silk Road,\" this previously unknown example features a cloisonné enamel dial depicting the Eurasian landmass. It established a record for any yellow gold wristwatch at the time of its sale."}, "top": [{"slug": "patek-philippe-2523-2021", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "\"Eurasia\" World Time", "reference": "2523", "hammer_usd": 7819051, "year_sold": 2021, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-5711-tiffany-blue-charity", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Nautilus 'Tiffany Blue'", "reference": "5711/1A-018", "hammer_usd": 6503500, "year_sold": 2021, "venue": "Phillips New York"}, {"slug": "philippe-dufour-grande-et-petite-sonnerie-2021", "brand": "Philippe Dufour", "model": "Grande et Petite Sonnerie No. 1", "reference": "Grande et Petite Sonnerie", "hammer_usd": 5182109, "year_sold": 2021, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "f-p-journe-ffc-blue-2021", "brand": "F.P. 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Journe", "model": "Tourbillon Souverain (Souscription, brass movement)", "reference": "TN", "hammer_usd": 1540000, "year_sold": 2022, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/sold-in/2022"}, "2023": {"label": "watches sold in 2023", "count": 96, "record": {"slug": "patek-philippe-2523-2023", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "World Time 'North America'", "reference": "2523", "hammer_usd": 8530000, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong", "lot_summary": "An exceptionally rare world time reference featuring a cloisonné enamel dial depicting the map of North America, one of only three known."}, "top": [{"slug": "patek-philippe-2523-2023", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "World Time 'North America'", "reference": "2523", "hammer_usd": 8530000, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-6002g-001-2023", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Sky Moon Tourbillon", "reference": "6002G-001", "hammer_usd": 5815300, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong (Online)"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-96-qp-first-perpetual", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Quantieme Perpetuel", "reference": "96 QP", "hammer_usd": 5800000, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Phillips Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "richard-mille-rm-53-02-2023", "brand": "Richard Mille", "model": "Tourbillon Sapphire", "reference": "RM 53-02", "hammer_usd": 4548000, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Sotheby's Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "rolex-6241-2023", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Daytona \"John Player Special\"", "reference": "6241", "hammer_usd": 2800000, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Sotheby's Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-3448-senza-luna", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar 'Senza Luna'", "reference": "3448", "hammer_usd": 2500000, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "rolex-6062-black-dial-pyramid", "brand": "Rolex", "model": "Cosmograph 'Black Dial'", "reference": "6062", "hammer_usd": 2100000, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Phillips Geneva"}, {"slug": "richard-mille-rm-38-02-2023", "brand": "Richard Mille", "model": "Tourbillon Bubba Watson", "reference": "RM 38-02", "hammer_usd": 1994000, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Sotheby's Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-3970ep-038-2023", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Special Edition", "reference": "3970EP-038", "hammer_usd": 1800000, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "richard-mille-rm-52-05-2023", "brand": "Richard Mille", "model": "Pharrell Williams", "reference": "RM 52-05", "hammer_usd": 1608000, "year_sold": 2023, "venue": "Sotheby's Hong Kong"}], "url": "https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/sold-in/2023"}, "2024": {"label": "watches sold in 2024", "count": 173, "record": {"slug": "patek-philippe-6301a-001-2024", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Grande Sonnerie Only Watch", "reference": "6301A-001", "hammer_usd": 17300000, "year_sold": 2024, "venue": "Christie's Geneva", "lot_summary": "A unique steel version of the Grande Sonnerie with a hand-guilloché blue enamel dial, sold to benefit research into Duchenne muscular dystrophy."}, "top": [{"slug": "patek-philippe-6301a-001-2024", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "Grande Sonnerie Only Watch", "reference": "6301A-001", "hammer_usd": 17300000, "year_sold": 2024, "venue": "Christie's Geneva"}, {"slug": "patek-philippe-2523j-2024", "brand": "Patek Philippe", "model": "World Time 'Eurasia'", "reference": "2523J", "hammer_usd": 8380000, "year_sold": 2024, "venue": "Christie's Hong Kong"}, {"slug": "f-p-journe-15-93-2024", "brand": "F.P. 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