Watch of the Day · 2026-08-19 · from the archive
George Daniels Anniversary
Ref. Anniversary · 18k Yellow Gold — one documented result from the 1,156-lot MostExpensiveWatches auction record, featured today.
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.
Full lot record & sources All George Daniels results The Grail Index
Previous watches of the day
| Date | Watch | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | Audemars Piguet Jumping Hour (circa 1928) | $1,016,000 · Christie's New York · 2026 |
| 2026-08-18 | Richard Mille Felipe Massa 'White Demon' | $378,000 · Christie's Dubai · 2023 |
| 2026-08-17 | Rolex Daytona 'The Legend' | $3,726,000 · Phillips Geneva · 2017 |
| 2026-08-16 | Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar | $398,000 · Sotheby's Geneva · 2022 |
| 2026-08-15 | Greubel Forsey GMT Balancier Convexe (1 of 1) | $302,400 · Christie's Dubai · 2025 |
| 2026-08-14 | Rolex GMT-Master "Marlon Brando" | $1,952,000 · Phillips New York · 2019 |
| 2026-08-13 | George Daniels Anniversary | $1,260,614 · Phillips Geneva · 2023 |
| 2026-08-12 | Greubel Forsey Invention Piece 2 | $423,395 · Christie's Hong Kong · 2024 |
| 2026-08-11 | Cartier Tank Louis Cartier | $379,500 · Christie's New York · 2017 |
| 2026-08-10 | Vacheron Constantin Chronograph | $150,000 · Phillips Geneva · 2016 |
| 2026-08-09 | Greubel Forsey Double Tourbillon 30° | $225,806 · Phillips Hong Kong · 2016 |
| 2026-08-08 | Greubel Forsey Balancier Convexe S² Carbon | $176,400 · Christie's Dubai · 2025 |
| 2026-08-07 | Urwerk Maltese Falcon | $133,197 · Phillips Geneva · 2024 |
| 2026-08-06 | Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Grand Complication | $1,134,000 · Sotheby's New York · 2022 |
About this series
Every day MostExpensiveWatches features one documented auction result from its comp corpus — hammer prices with primary sources, the record layer behind the Grail Index and the daily Price Index. Machine-readable: /data/watch-of-the-day.json. Cite as “MostExpensiveWatches Watch of the Day”.
Compiled: 2026-08-19T00:15:26.348365+00:00