Weekly market brief · 2026-08-31 · 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
11,500 matched listings · as of 2026-08-31
Grail Index ($1M+)
182
$616,198,133 documented · 2002–2026
Verified sales tracked
6
latest auction-desk recaps
As of August 31, 2026, the Price Index stands at 100.01 (+0.010% since baseline) across 11,500 matched listings over 89 tracked days. Brand gainers include A. Lange & Söhne (+0.15%), Patek Philippe (+0.02%), and Tudor (+0.01%), while decliners include Jaeger-LeCoultre (-0.14%), Audemars Piguet (-0.09%), and Cartier (-0.08%). The Grail Index accounts for 182 documented $1M+ results totaling $616,198,133 between 2002 and 2026. Verified auction results include Phillips' The New York Watch Auction: XIV (concluded June 14, 2026), which logged 11 verified lots with a top price of $13,922,000. Christie's Watches Online: The New York Edit (concluded June 17, 2026) recorded 5 verified lots, led by a $762,000 sale, while Antiquorum's Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces (concluded June 28, 2026) posted 4 verified lots with a top result of $463,904. Looking ahead, upcoming sales include Christie's Watches Online: Hong Kong Edit in Hong Kong on September 24, 2026, Christie's Watches Online: The Dubai Edit in Dubai on October 5, 2026, and Sotheby's Fine Watches in Paris on October 7, 2026.

The week's verified results

SaleConcluded Verified lotsTop result
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
London Fine Watches · Bonhams, London 2026-06-11 1 $352,000

Index movers

Gainers

A. Lange & Söhne +0.15%

Patek Philippe +0.02%

Tudor +0.01%

Decliners

Jaeger-LeCoultre -0.14%

Audemars Piguet -0.09%

Cartier -0.08%

The week in Watch of the Day

2026-08-31 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak "The Roast" Flying Tourbillon $720,000 · Sotheby's New York · 2024
2026-08-30 Cartier Crash London $453,600 · Phillips New York · 2022
2026-08-29 Tudor Black Bay Ceramic One $350,000 · Phillips Geneva · 2019
2026-08-28 Richard Mille RM67-02 Alexis Pinturault $417,362 · Phillips Hong Kong · 2022
2026-08-27 Richard Mille RM010 Automatic $132,461 · Phillips Hong Kong · 2021
2026-08-26 A. Lange & Söhne Zeitwerk Decimal Strike Honeygold $114,000 · Sotheby's Hong Kong · 2023
2026-08-25 IWC Big Pilot's Watch Perpetual Calendar 'Le Petit Prince' Unique Piece $190,000 · Christie's Geneva · 2013

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: 2026-08-31T08:15:25.856302+00:00