Here are the 22 most expensive watches in the world in 2025: Rolex, Patek Philippe, Vuitton, Omega
You don’t have to be a rapper or a billionaire to be interested in the most expensive watch in the world or the most expensive watches of all time. No matter how big or small our bank account is, we’ve all imagined owning the watch of our dreams. We’ve all wondered which model would delight us the most if money wasn’t an issue, right? But time (sometimes) is a lot of money!
his, not to mention the auctions where the prices for toucanets are soaring and are enough to make some modern and contemporary art sales pale in comparison. For example, in 2024 at Christie’s, watches brought in more than $200 million in hammer results, including a 1955 model, a Patek Philippe World Time Ref. 2523J “North America” in 18-carat gold and its enameled dial representing the map of North America sold for more than $8 million.
The price of the most expensive watch in the world
The price of the most expensive watch in the world is therefore 55 million euros. But in reality, even if you had 100 million euros to spend, there would certainly be a watchmaker somewhere who would be happy to come to your rescue. But while waiting for you to amass such a fortune, here are a good twenty watches whose prices make the cost of an average “luxury watch” look like a trifle in the face. We have not made a ranking of the most expensive watches in the world strictly speaking, we just offer you a little walk in the land of watchmaking luxury with models at prices that are inaccessible to most of us but that certainly make us dream.
Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime ref. 6300A – €28 million
In 2019, the 8the This edition of Only Watch, the charity auction for the benefit of research against Duchenne disease, saw record auction results. The sale raised more than 35 million euros by dispersing the 50 unique pieces created especially for the sale designed by Luc Pattavina. The highlight of the show, the Patek Philippe Grande Sonnerie in steel found a buyer for the insane sum of 28 million euros (14 times its low estimate of 2 million euros), becoming the most expensive watch ever sold. This result exceeds the previous record for a timepiece at auction, held by Rolex. In 2017, Paul Newman’s Daytona was sold in New York by Aurel Bacs for 17 million euros.
In addition, at the tenth edition of Only Watch, last year, another unique Patek Philippe found a buyer for the staggering sum of 15.7 million euros. It was a steel striking minute repeater. Also of note, on the one hand, is the record broken for a watch in France in 2024.
We were at Agutter on December 9 where a rare Rolex model was sold for 705,399 euros. It was a Rolex Daytona “Paul Newman” Ref. 6262 “Dark Chocolate Dial”, only produced from 1970 to 1971, at Rolex. This adds to the rarity of this piece sold with its period case, its warranty card, and even two additional Oyster bracelet links. On the other hand, the unexpected record of a watch from the Besançon brand LIP for the reference Lip R27 that belonged to General Charles de Gaulle. A historic piece that found a buyer for 537,920 euros.
Jacob & Co. Billionaire Timeless Treasure – €20 million
The clue is in the name. Thus, only the rich (Rick Ross) are likely to be spotted wearing the most expensive model of Jacob Arabe, a supplier of watches for stars sometimes considered “flashy”. The “BTT” is set to the maximum with 482 assorted Asscher-cut yellow diamonds weighing 216.9 carats, with the tourbillon movement alone carrying 57.
Louis Vuitton Tambour Moon Sapphire Flying Tourbillon Hallmark of Geneva Frank Gehry – €1 million
The result of an exceptional collaboration between the Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton and the great architect Frank Gehry, this Haute Horologia piece features a unique design inspired by the Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris and the Maison Louis Vuitton in Seoul, two major works by Gehry. Absolutely transparent, the spectacular architecture of this watch gives a total view of the flying tourbillon caliber manufactured and assembled by La Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton and stamped with the Hallmark of Geneva. It is from a single block of sapphire weighing 200 kilos that the Fabrique du Temps Louis Vuitton has shaped the crystalline face of this entirely transparent Tambour Moon. The case, dial, crown, lugs and hands have been cut from this material, which remains the highest hardness in the world after that of diamond.
Bell & Ross BR-X1 Tourbillon Skeleton Sapphire – 350,000 euros
Beyond the watchmaking performance, it is the use of sapphire that gives this exceptional piece, limited to 8 pieces, all its rarity and beauty. The 45 mm sapphire case is a bit like an X-ray that allows you to visualize the structure of the case to better understand its assembly, while allowing the gaze to plunge freely into the heart of the watch and its movement. By exposing the soul of a one-of-a-kind watch to the eye, the spectacle becomes magical. We understand why…
Rolex Cosmograph Daytona – 141,350 euros
In 2024, the company has decided to have fun with its watchmaking car. The result is an astonishing and sparkling 40 mm watch in 18-carat Evarose gold, matched by a tone-on-tone SunDust dial with the three chronograph sub-counters and set with diamonds. This setting can also be seen on the bezel and lugs of the piece. Equipped with a rose gold Oyster bracelet, the model, which is currently the most expensive in the Rolex catalogue, is powered by Caliber 4131, a chronograph movement entirely developed and manufactured by Rolex, unveiled in 2023 to equip only the new versions of the Cosmography Daytona. It offers 72 hours of power reserve. Enough to do a few laps of the track.
A. Lange & Söhne Cabaret Tourbillon Handwerkskunst – 317,600 euros
The Saxon manufacturer is above all known for its very luxurious and sophisticated round watches, such as the iconic Lange 1 from 1994. However, in 2008, A. Lange & Söhne presented a rectangular watch: the Cabaret, the first model of the company to be equipped with a V-shaped stop spring to stop the tourbillon, which can therefore be adjusted with a precision of one second. In 2021, A. Lange & Söhne surprised the watchmaking world by unveiling a new version (very exclusive as it is limited to 30 pieces), an ultra-thin rectangular watch for men, with the Cabaret Tourbillon Handwerk kunst (which means “craftsmanship” in German). This platinum timepiece is characterized by its sublime manual finishes on the dial and movement. The inner area of the three-part solid white gold dial is hand-engraved with a diamond-shaped pattern. A layer of semi-transparent enamel brings a little more depth to the engraving and brings out its various metallic shades of grey. The dial thus seems to have three dimensions. Inside, there is a hand-wound L042.1 movement that has a double barrel offering a power reserve of 120 hours.
Breguet Montre Classique Grande Complication ref. 5349 – Approximately 1 million euros
If you’ve ever doubted that a watch can, be a mechanical work of art, you probably haven’t seen one of these Breguet’s. This Classique Grande Complication ref. 5349 in platinum takes watchmaking technique a step further by mounting two tourbillons on a turntable. This adds chronometric added value because not only does each tourbillon rotate on its axis, but the two rotate together on a rotating disc, again shaking twice as many positions as each individual device. Bluffing!
Richard Mille RM UP-01 Ferrari – €2 million
In 2022, Richard Mille presented an incredible and surprising piece made from A to Z in partnership with the Ferrari teams. This watchmaking UFO is equipped with a 1.75 mm thick case. In other words, the size of a Compact Disc, a record for thinness never reached in more than 20 years. Inside the RM UP-01 Ferrari, limited to 150 pieces and weighing 30 grams, there is an ultra-thin RMUP-01 hand-wound movement developed with Audemars Piguet – Renaud et Papi (1.18 mm thick and weighing 2.82 grams) but with a 45-hour power reserve.
Aude mars Piguet – Code 11.59 by Aude mars Piguet Ultra-Complication Universales (RD#4) – €1.9 million
This piece is the very first ultra-complicated automatic wristwatch (RD#4) within the very contemporary case of the Code 11.59 by Aude mars Piguet collection. Franck Muller Alternates Mega – €2.5 million
Got a lot of money? You’ll need it if you want to buy what is apparently the most complicated wristwatch in the world. Franck Muller’s Alternates Mega is made up of 1,483 distinct elements and offers a staggering 36 functions, including a perpetual calendar that runs on a 1000-year renewable cycle. It would be better if it were true, because we will come back to check.
Purnell Escape II Absolute Sapphire “Hancock red” – €2.2 million
The Purnell brand, which was recently declared bankrupt, has nevertheless offered some of the most expensive watches on the planet. Like PSG’s at 390,000 euros. The current star of its collection is the Escape II, which houses “the world’s fastest three-axis tourbillon” in a 48mm red sapphire crystal case. The name “Hancock Red” comes from the fact that the color of the crystal was designed to match that of a famous red diamond of the same name.
Jaeger-Lecoultre Reverso Quadriptych – €1.35 million
This ultimate version of the Reverso features displays on both sides of the watch head, as well as on the cradle in which it sits and, on the case, back. It is the most complicated Reverso ever made. It is claimed to be the first watch to have four functional display “faces” and the only one capable of predicting astronomical events such as supermoons and eclipses. Only ten copies will be available, so place your order quickly.
Blancpain Villeret Carrousel Minute Repeater – 624,600 euros
This is the most expensive piece in Blancpain’s current collections. A price that is justified by the complication housed in this Blancpain Villerot watch. There is a Carrousel Minute Repeater which combines, for the first time in the history of watchmaking, a one-minute flying carousel and a minute repeater equipped with a cathedral gong. Designed to compensate for the effects of gravity on the precision of watches, the carousel is a rare and ultra-technical complication. Blancpain has rehabilitated this feat and integrated for the first time into a wristwatch crafted in a 45.7 mm red gold case and featuring an ivory grand feu enamel dial set with diamonds. The whole thing beats to the rhythm of the Caliber 233, a 7.4 mm thick manual movement made up of 387 components and boasting a 65-hour power reserve. Fascinating.
Hublot Big Bang Integrated Tourbillon Purple Sapphire – 550,000 euros
In 2021, Hublot presented its first Big Bang made entirely of sapphire. This fully translucent version was followed by a blue sapphire version and recently a bold purple iteration. The sapphire is “grown” in the laboratories of Hublot, “master of the fusion of materials”, for several months before being machined. The fact that the crystal is both long to create and difficult to work with explains both the (very high) price of 550,000 euros and the fact that only ten examples of this Big Bang Integrated Tourbillon Purple Sapphire are manufactured by Hublot.
Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Ultra COSC – 600,000 euros
In 2024, the company set a ninth world record for thinness. His latest stunt? The Octo Pianissimo Ultra COSC, the thinnest mechanical watch ever produced and the thinnest chronometer in the world. At only 1.70 mm thick (in other words, a thinner than that of a €0.10 piece), it intends to close a chapter in the ultra-thin game, unless other manufactures, or even Bulgari, have other surprises in store for us in 2025… To gain the 10th of a millimeter that separates the 2022 Ultra from today’s Ultra COSC, Bulgari has reworked the bodywork. From the gears to the sapphire crystal, touch by key, the craftsmen have won the hundredths of a millimeter that guarantee the new record. The case back of the 40 mm diameter sandblasted titanium case with an integrated bracelet has been used as the main plate on which the 170 components of the in-house movement (1.5 mm thick) with manual winding offering 50 hours of power reserve are integrated. A mechanical beauty limited to only 20 pieces.
Piaget Altiplano Ultimate Concept – 650,000 euros
Last year, at the Watches and Wonders show, Piaget once again pushed the limits of watchmaking genius with the presentation of the world’s thinnest tourbillon. Its thickness? 2 mm. A detail for you, but for the purists of fine watchmaking, it means a lot. The main challenge for the house was to slide the tourbillon when the space is already saturated. In total, Piaget tested nearly 70 tourbillon cages and no less than 15 versions of pallet anchors. To protect the complication, which is here peripherally guided by ball bearings, the brand has also made a 2/10 glass on the tope mm while the one below, made of sapphire, is only 16/100 thicken of a millimeter, or the equivalent of two hairs. As for the exterior, the AUC is adorned with a 41.5 mm cobalt alloy case treated with blue PVD and a tone-on-tone calfskin strap. It is powered by a hand-wound movement that offers 35 hours of power reserve. In order to wind the watch, Piaget retains the principle of the “telescopic” flat crown with its worm screw located at 3 o’clock. Finally, you should know that Piaget has not presented the AUC Tourbillon as a limited version. It can only be made to order.
Omega Speedmaster Chrono Chime – 578,500 euros
This watchmaking UFO, comparable to no other, is considered to be the most complex model manufactured by Omega so far and currently the most expensive in the catalog of the Biel-based manufacture. The blue aventurine “Grand Feu” enamel dial features an 18K SednaTM gold flange and counters adorned with the same exclusive “acoustic waves” as those used in tribute to the Olympic Games. The hour-markers and hour and minute hands are made of 18K diamond-cut SednaTM gold. The blued CVD counter hands and the red-tipped dial hand add extra pops of color to the package. This Speed master, which features a 45 mm 18K SednaTM gold case, is powered by the Co-Axial Master Chronometer 1932 caliber, the most complex movement ever created by Omega: it combines the functions of the chronograph and minute repeater fully integrated into a single movement to strike the elapsed time.
Grand Seiko Masterpiece Collection Kodo Constant-force Tourbillon SLGT005 – 385,000 euros
In 2022, Grand Seiko presented its first mechanical complication, the Kodo constant-force tourbillon, a revolutionary watch that combined, for the first time in the history of watchmaking, a tourbillon and a constant-force mechanism of a single block rotating on the same axis. The Kodo watch (“heartbeat” in Japanese) represents a major turning point in the history of Grand Seiko, crowned by the international watchmaking community, which awarded it the Chronometry Prize at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève. This new Kodo, the most expensive piece in the Japanese house’s catalog, evokes dawn, the delicate hour when the morning light begins to reconquer the sky. The inside of the case is made of 950 platinum, while the outside is made of Brilliant Hard Titanium, an alloy twice as hard as stainless steel and highly resistant to scratches. Some parts of the case have been Zaratsu polished to a distortion-free mirror finish, while others have a brushed finish. Each process is carried out manually by Grand Seiko’s Takumi master craftsmen.
Tag Heuer Carrera Plasma Avant-Garde Chronograph Tourbillon – 510,000 euros
In 2022, Diamant Davant-Garde, Tag Heuer’s pioneering technology, offered the Swiss luxury watchmaker the first-ever opportunity to use lab-grown diamonds on a chronograph case, crown, dial and indexes. A year later, at the Watches and Wonders show in Geneva, the house repeated by developing its expertise in the revolutionary CVD method, which is destined to redefine the industry, with the integration of creatively shaped synthetic diamonds on the aluminum bezel and bracelet of this exclusive watch. The new Carrera Plasma Davant-Garde Chronograph Tourbillon watch (count several hundred thousand euros) takes up the signature functions of the iconic Carrera, namely an airy and highly legible bi-comp ax dial, faceted lugs and sportiness. Here we find a 44 mm case, a bezel and a bracelet made of black sandblasted anodized aluminum, smooth and set on its entire surface with synthetic diamonds of various shapes. The case totals 4.3 carats with 48 diamonds while the bezel has 26 and the bracelet 34. Small detail: the crown has been fashioned from a single 2.5-carat diamond. On the 4.9-carat dial, there are 12 diamonds and three polycrystalline diamond plates. This luxurious racing beast is powered by the Calibre Heuer 02 Tourbillon Nanograph, a COSC-certified chronograph movement with a 65-hour power reserve.
