The Record Ledger · updated July 2026 · 33 documented results
The 10 Most Expensive Zenith Watches Ever Sold
The most expensive Zenith watch ever documented by MostExpensiveWatches is the Zenith Defy Double Tourbillon Felipe Pantone Only Watch 2021 ref. 04.9001.9020/49, which realized $483,534 at Christie's Geneva in 2021 — the top of 33 documented results totaling $2,502,402.
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Zenith Defy Double Tourbillon Felipe Pantone Only Watch 2021
$483,534 · 2021 · Christie's Geneva
A unique sapphire-cased double tourbillon created in collaboration with artist Felipe Pantone for the Only Watch 2021 charity auction, featuring rainbow PVD-coated bridges.
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Zenith Defy 21 Double Tourbillon Felipe Pantone
$480,000 · 2021 · Phillips Geneva
A unique collaborative piece for Only Watch 2021, featuring a full sapphire case and rainbow-colored movement components.
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Zenith Zenith x Voutilainen x Phillips Unique Piece
$315,000 · 2022 · Phillips Geneva
A unique piece featuring a historical observatory chronometer movement restored by Kari Voutilainen, housed in a niobium case with a salmon dial.
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Zenith El Primero A386 Unique Piece
$250,650 · 2019 · Phillips Geneva
A unique platinum version of the iconic A386 created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the El Primero movement, featuring a lapis lazuli dial.
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Zenith Chronomaster Revival Lupin The Third Unique Piece
$210,000 · 2020 · Phillips Geneva
A unique piece inspired by the anime series Lupin the Third, sold to benefit the Zoé4life charity.
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Zenith Chronomaster Sport Only Watch Set
$121,000 · 2024 · Christie's Geneva
A unique set of four Chronomaster Sport watches with yellow, green, blue, and red ceramic bezels and matching dials, sold for the 10th edition of Only Watch.
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Zenith El Primero Gold
$80,000 · 2019 · Phillips Geneva
One of the earliest gold executions of the El Primero high-beat automatic chronograph. Only 700 examples were produced, featuring the classic panda dial layout.
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Zenith El Primero A386 Only Watch 2019
$75,750 · 2019 · Christie's Geneva
A unique white gold execution of the iconic A386 created for Only Watch 2019, featuring a turquoise subdial matching the auction's theme color.
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Zenith El Primero Prototype
$73,500 · 2015 · Phillips Geneva
An extremely rare prototype of the El Primero featuring a triple calendar and moon phase, one of only 25 pieces produced in 1969.
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Zenith A. Cairelli Chronograph
$64,000 · 2016 · Phillips Geneva
A rare military-issued chronograph supplied to the Italian Air Force (AMI) through the Roman retailer A. Cairelli.
How the record was set
Every documented result that beat all before it.
| Year | New record | Watch |
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| 2012 | $40,125 | Zenith El Primero Prototype · Christie's Geneva |
| 2015 | $73,500 | Zenith El Primero Prototype · Phillips Geneva |
| 2019 | $75,750 | Zenith El Primero A386 Only Watch 2019 · Christie's Geneva |
| 2019 | $80,000 | Zenith El Primero Gold · Phillips Geneva |
| 2019 | $250,650 | Zenith El Primero A386 Unique Piece · Phillips Geneva |
| 2021 | $480,000 | Zenith Defy 21 Double Tourbillon Felipe Pantone · Phillips Geneva |
| 2021 | $483,534 | Zenith Defy Double Tourbillon Felipe Pantone Only Watch 2021 · Christie's Geneva |
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“The most expensive Zenith watch ever documented by MostExpensiveWatches is the Zenith Defy Double Tourbillon Felipe Pantone Only Watch 2021 ref. 04.9001.9020/49, which realized $483,534 at Christie's Geneva in 2021 — the top of 33 documented results totaling $2,502,402.” — MostExpensiveWatches, July 2026. https://mostexpensivewatches.net/most-expensive/zenith
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