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The Most Expensive Watches Sold at Auction in 2025: Notable Results

Phillips documents several major 2025 auction results, led by a stainless-steel Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 at CHF 14,190,000. This is a selection of sourced results, not a definitive global top ten.
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The reviewed auction-house sources do not establish a definitive global top ten for watches sold in 2025. They do document several notable high-value results, including Phillips’ report that a stainless-steel Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 sold for CHF 14,190,000 (US$17,631,075) in November. The examples below are a selection of documented 2025 auction results—not a complete cross-house ranking.

Scope and price basis

This article covers selected 2025 auction results documented in Phillips’ 2025 year review and its releases for the May and November Geneva sales. These sources do not enumerate every auction house’s sales, so the examples cannot establish a definitive global ranking. Prices are reported as published by Phillips; where a US-dollar equivalent is supplied, it is the auction house’s stated conversion. The dossier does not specify buyer’s-premium treatment for each figure, so these amounts should not be treated as consistently comparable final buyer-paid prices.

The selection includes wristwatches, a pocket watch, and clocks because the source material covers all three kinds of timepiece. Historical auction records from other years are excluded from the 2025 results.

Selected documented 2025 auction results

Sale date Timepiece Reported result Type Source
November 2025 Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Ref. 1518, stainless steel CHF 14,190,000 / US$17,631,075 Wristwatch Phillips
December 2025 F.P. Journe FFC Prototype, from Francis Ford Coppola’s collection US$10,755,000 Wristwatch Phillips
May 2025 F.P. Journe × THA for Breguet Sympathique Clock No. 1 CHF 5,505,000 / US$6,619,212 Clock Phillips
May 2025 Cartier Portico Mystery Clock No. 3 CHF 3,932,000 / US$4,727,837 Clock Phillips
November 2025 Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 “Pink on Pink,” 18k pink gold CHF 3,569,000 / US$4,434,483 Wristwatch Phillips
November 2025 F.P. Journe Chronomètre à Résonance “Souscription, No. 2” CHF 3,327,000 / US$4,133,798 Wristwatch Phillips
May 2025 Patek Philippe Ref. 3448, described as the only known pink-gold example CHF 2,722,000 / US$3,272,933 Wristwatch Phillips
December 2025 Philippe Dufour Duality No. 1 US$3,085,000 Wristwatch Phillips
November 2025 J. Player & Sons “Hyper Complication” CHF 2,238,000 / US$2,780,715 Pocket watch Phillips

This is a sourced selection, not a rank-ordered global top ten. Phillips’ annual review covers its own reported sales, and the selected results do not verify every auction house or currency comparison.

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Notable results in context

Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 in stainless steel

Phillips reports that the stainless-steel Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar Chronograph Ref. 1518 sold in Geneva in November 2025 for CHF 14,190,000, or US$17,631,075. Phillips described it as the most valuable timepiece sold at auction globally in 2025. This is a documented auction result, not a retail price. The source is Phillips’ Decade One (2015–2025) auction release.

F.P. Journe FFC Prototype

Phillips reports that the F.P. Journe FFC Prototype from Francis Ford Coppola’s collection sold in December 2025 for US$10,755,000. Phillips described the result as a record for an F.P. Journe watch and for an independent maker’s wristwatch. Those are source-attributed descriptions of the sale, not a general price guide for the maker’s watches. See Phillips’ 2025 year review.

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Clocks and pocket watches

The May 2025 Phillips results include the F.P. Journe × THA for Breguet Sympathique Clock No. 1 at CHF 5,505,000 and the Cartier Portico Mystery Clock No. 3 at CHF 3,932,000. The November results include the J. Player & Sons “Hyper Complication” pocket watch at CHF 2,238,000. These are not wristwatches; they are included because this selection explicitly covers timepieces more broadly. Phillips’ May 2025 Geneva auction release and November auction release document the results.

Why auction results differ

Rarity, condition, provenance, complications, and documented auction history are useful context when reading auction-house descriptions. They do not form a reliable formula for predicting what another watch will sell for. Individual results reflect the specific object and sale, and figures from different currencies, sale dates, and auction houses may not be directly comparable.

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Historical records are not 2025 results

The Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 is a notable historical example, but it does not belong in a calendar-year 2025 ranking: Christie’s reports that it sold for CHF 31,000,000 in 2019. Likewise, Sotheby’s February 2026 list covers watches sold at auction since 2024; it is not a complete ranking of 2025 sales.

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What was the most expensive timepiece sold at auction in 2025?

Phillips identifies the stainless-steel Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 sale in November 2025 as the most valuable timepiece sold at auction globally that year. Phillips reports the result as CHF 14,190,000, or US$17,631,075.

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Is this a definitive top ten of 2025 auction sales?

No. The examples are documented in Phillips’ releases and annual review, but the reviewed sources do not provide a complete cross-house dataset sufficient to verify a global top ten.

Are all the listed objects wristwatches?

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Was the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 sold in 2025?

No. Christie’s reports its CHF 31,000,000 sale in 2019. It is historical context, not a 2025 auction result.

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