The 7 Most Expensive Patek Philippe Watches In The World

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The Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 is the most expensive wristwatch to date to be sold. It was made into a unique watch to sell at auction to donate to medical research, and was auctioned off at an epic price of $31 million at the Only Watch charity auction in 2019.

This masterpiece has 20 complications, comprising of perpetual calendar, an alarm with time strike, and a minute repeater. It is also available in two reversible dials, rose gold and black ebony, in a stainless-steel case, uncharacteristic of a Patek of such grade. The one-of-a-kind design and careful construction make it one of the best symbols of innovative construction and art.

The Henry Graves Jr. Supercomplication was allegedly the most significant watch ever and was commissioned by a New York banker named Henry Graves Jr. in 1925. It was made in 1933 and sold for $24 million.

It was eight years before the watch was designed and put together with 24 complications inside: a perpetual calendar, time of the sunset and the sunrise, a celestial chart that showed the night sky over the place where Graves lived in New York. All the details were completely done manually, long before the computer-aided design. It is one of the masterpieces of Patek Philippine that demonstrates the mastery of this company in the field of traditional watches.

The Grande and Petite Sonnerie Minute Repeater Ref. The 6301A, a modern piece that unites innovation and classical as well as traditional aesthetics, can be sold at the 2023 Only Watch charity auction, with bidding reaching $18.2 million.

Made out of stainless steel, which is uncommon in such a high-priced model, this one off wristwatch features the legendary chiming mechanisms of Patek Philippe. In the Grande and Petite Sonnerie, the watch can be set to automatically display the time. Additionally, in the sonnerie mode, the minute repeater can be set at will. Its blue-green dial and Breguet numerals applied on it, as well as a clear sapphire case back, help bring out the complexity of the mechanism within it.

The sale of the Stainless Steel Ref. 1518 at an auction in Geneva in 2016, which sold at 11.1 million, was the first to become the most expensive stainless-steel wristwatch ever auctioned at that time.

Released in 1941, Ref. 1518 became the first series of perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch in the world. Although the majority of all versions were created using gold, only four are known that exist in stainless steel, so they are incredibly rare and extremely sought after by collectors.

In 2021, the Patek Philippe Ref. 1518 Patek Philippine Pigeon Watch, which was the watch of Prince Tewfik of Egypt, fetched 9.6 million dollars. What makes it different is its unusual blend of pink gold case and salmon pink dial, a combination nearly never available in the Patek catalog.

This watch bears a pinch of history as well as a pinch of aesthetics since it was originally owned by Prince Tewfik, who belongs to the royal family of Egypt. It has an analogue constantly evolving calendar and chronograph, both making it important technologically and aesthetically beautiful.

The world-time sportswatch Gobbi Milan Ref. 2523 Heures Universelles is recognized as a beautiful and rare watch. This rose gold and impressive blue enamel dial was produced in 1953 in the shape of a world map and sold in 2019 at Christie's for 8.967 million dollars.

This reference is one of the few ever made in collaboration with an Italian retailer, Gobbi Milan. It lets the wearer see the time of 24 global cities at once, a wonder of horological engineering of the mid-20th century.

Another beautiful world-time model that sold at auctions in the 1950s, that is now the Two Crown Worldtime W Re. 2523, is worth 7.682 million on the block. A very rare, yellow, gold watch, which has two crowns, one to be able to set the watch itself and the other to be able to adjust the rotating city ring, and a detailed map of Eurasia in an enamel dial.

It is crafted through the custom of the hand-painted dial, which needed great manual dexterity and accuracy. There are only a limited number of such models, and they all combine the perfect blend of art and geography, and mechanics.

The Eurasia Ref. 2523 reflects the perpetual passion of Patek Philippe in functionality and aesthetics, and it will be a crown jewel in any collection of luxury watches.

Patek Philippe is still able to offer a meaning of what luxury is in the watch industry. These are the seven remarkable timepieces that have a story behind them - a legend of innovation, elegance, and a single-minded devotion to perfection.

Since the still record-setting Grandmaster Chime to the historically defining Henry Graves Jr. Supercomplication, each watch is a manifestation of art and excellence to has made Patek Philippe a mark of the last two hundred years.

These works of art are not just watches, but are lifetime investments and legacies. Patek Philippe is the ultimate standard of quality in dynamic horology, a brand whose seconds are well-calculated and made flawless.