The #1 Most Expensive Watchis the Mona Lisa of watch collecting. The brilliance of the Henry Graves Supercomplication Pocket Watch by Patek Phillipe, soared its bid to a record cost of $11 million. The jaw-dropping cost of the watch was justified by the fact that this yellow-gold pocket wonder took four years to build. It was expected to fetch an amount between US$3 and 5 million during the auction of Sotheby’s in 1999 but as many collectors waited to get their hands on it, the price skyrocketed. This beautiful watch weighing 1 lb and 3 oz with a diameter of 74 mm costs $11,002,500, which makes it the most expensive watch in the world. Read full review
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#2 Patek Philippe Platinum World Time
The #2 Most Expensive WatchCaliber 89 is the stop for those watch enthusiasts who prefer simple style to flawless fashion. Designed and manufactured by Patek Philippe, with an immaculate and illumined look, it was sold at an overwhelming price of $5,002,500 at Antiquorum in 2004. Read full review
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#3 Patek Philippe Platinum World Time
The #3 Most Expensive WatchPlatinum World Time (1939) from Patek Philippe is often believed by experts to be the only watch ever of its kind; it was sold for $4,026,524 by the leading watch autioneer Antiquorum in 2002. The auction price of the watch was more than double the world-record sale price for any wristwatch. The earlier record for a wristwatch was about $2 million. In the 2002 auction Read full review
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#4 Patek Philippe Model Heures Universelles
The #4 Most Expensive WatchHeures Universelles is a perfect innovation from Patek Philippe. It possesses and implements the most modern technology and perfection into the smallest detail. Made of best material and components, this complicated and rare watch fetched a stupendous price of $2, 899,373 at Antiquorum in 2006. Read full review
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#7 Patek Philippe Model 2499
The #7 Most Expensive WatchThe Model 2499 First Series (1957) from Patek Philippe is an exceptional and extremely rare yellow gold wristwatch that is committed to the art of time measurement. Unmistakable in design and the highest of standards, this timepiece with eyebrow raising price of $2,280,000 Read full review
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#6 Patek Philippe Model 1591
The #6 Most Expensive Watch The Model 1591 (1944) by Patek Philippe is a stainless steel watch, which was manufactured in the year 1944. However, watch lovers came to know about the existence of this watch only thirteen years earlier, in 1996 when it was first seen in auction. The Model 1591 watch was sold at Christie’s in 2007 at an amazing price of $2,263,964. Read full review
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#5 Patek Philippe Model 2499
The #5 Most Expensive Watch delicately blends century old watch making technique with state of art designs, the watch with eyebrow raising price tag $2,129,00 not only stands for legendary past but also for an innovative future. Read full review
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#8 Patek Philippe Grande Complication
The #8 Most Expensive Watch comes from one of the oldest and historically remarkable watch manufacturing companies of the world, Patek Philippe. It is unbelievable that this watch is perfectly in its original condition. Grande Complication (1926) was sold for $1,980,200 at the Christie in the year 2005. Read full review
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#9 Patek Philippe The Grogan
The #9 Most Expensive Watch, Grogan wristwatch from Patek Philippe, has been mixing the quality of living for those with both the means and luxury of time to enjoy life to the fullest. This gold Chronograph wristwatch manufactured in 1925 was sold at a monumental price of $1,945,040 at Christie’s in 2006. Read full review
Top 10 Most Expensive Watches in the World Ever Sold
The Top 10 Most Expensive Watches in the World are dominated by PATEK PHILIPPE. The French term ‘bienfacture’ is a recognition of fine workmanship in the quality of making all component to movements, watch cases and bracelets. 100% of the Patek Philippe mechanical movement are awarded by the prestigious official hallmark of the Geneva Seal granted since 1886. Read full review
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