Top 5 Most Expensive Watches in the World

What is the most expensive watch in the world? Our top 5, which compiles the 5 most expensive timepieces on the planet, will tell you! Let's dive right into the world of high-end watchmaking by discovering these exceptional watches that sell for fortunes.

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Summary

1. Graff Diamonds Hallucination: the most expensive watch in the world
2. Graff Diamonds The Fascination
3. Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime
4. Breguet Grande Complication N° 1160 "Marie-Antoinette"
5. Jaeger-LeCoultre Joaillerie 101 Manchette
6. And what is the most expensive Rolex watch in the world?
   

Please note that there may be small price differences depending on the daily USD/EUR exchange rate, as the prices of these luxury watches are set in US dollars.

1. Graff Diamonds Hallucination: the most expensive watch in the world

• Selling price: 50 million euros
• Key feature : set with 110 carats of colored diamonds
• Watch type: quartz

A Graff watch inevitably features diamonds. But with the Graff Diamonds Hallucination, the house particularly distinguished itself! The watch is entirely covered with diamonds of all colors. In all, there are over 110 carats! This exceptional piece, designed by Laurence Graff himself, therefore comes with an incredible price tag. It was presented in 2014, on the occasion of the famous watch fair BaselWorld.

Its price is all the more astonishing given that it is ultimately a quartz watch. The Graff Diamonds Hallucination is the archetype of a jewelry watch. Setting all these colored diamonds on a platinum structure was no easy task. And while the Graff Diamonds Hallucination isn't exactly discreet or practical, the most expensive watch in the world is certainly a sight to behold.

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2. Graff Diamonds The Fascination

• Selling price: 36 million euros
• CKey feature : watch set with 153 carats of diamonds
• Watch type: quartz

After the Hallucination in 2014, Graff followed up the next year by presenting its Graff Diamonds The Fascination watch. This piece echoes the concept of the world's most expensive watch, but this time all the diamonds are white. It is also a transformable jewel. The luxury watch can be converted into a bracelet, while the central 38-carat pear-shaped diamond can be attached to a luxury ring.

In terms of diamond quantity, Graff's Fascination surpasses the world's most expensive watch: it features 152.96 carats of stones. But the price is "only" 36 million euros, which places it second in the ranking of the world's most expensive luxury watches.

3. Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime

• Selling price: 33 million euros
• Key feature : watch with 20 complications and 6 patents
• Watch type: complication watch

With the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime, we return to the realm of more down-to-earth luxury watches. The common points with the world's most expensive watch are the release year (2014) and a prohibitive price. At around 33 million euros, the Grandmaster Chime is a unique piece. It found a buyer in 2019 for this handsome sum.

This steel watch offers unique features, such as an audible alert for a certain day of the year. If the owner tends to forget birthdays, they can count on their Grandmaster Chime to avoid the embarrassment of forgetting! Incidentally, this Patek Philippe watch is equipped with a reversible case. The watch required no less than 100,000 hours of work. Which were then billed at over €300 per hour.

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4. Breguet Grande Complication N° 1160 "Marie-Antoinette"

• Selling price: 30 million euros
• Key feature: pocket watch
• Watch type: Breguet "perpetual" automatic winding

To justify its price of 30 million euros, the Breguet N° 1160 appeals to both technical prowess and history. This model is a re-edition of the legendary watch N° 160, known as Marie-Antoinette. It was commissioned in 1783 by a mysterious admirer of the queen. The budget was unlimited, as was the delivery date. Breguet would need 44 years to complete this exceptional watch, in which gold was to replace other metals as much as possible, and which was to incorporate numerous horological complications. The Marie-Antoinette's automatic winding movement comprises no less than 823 parts. This horological marvel is therefore aimed at connoisseurs.

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5. Jaeger-LeCoultre Joaillerie 101 Manchette

• Selling price: 23.5 million euros
• Key feature: houses the world's smallest movement, the 101; 576 diamonds
• Watch type: mechanical

Jaeger-LeCoultre is one of the oldest watchmakers in the world. This Swiss house is notably responsible for the legendary Reverso. The 101 Collection was launched in 1929 to showcase the technical mastery of Jaeger-LeCoultre artisans. The 101 is the smallest mechanical caliber on the planet. It has equipped many exceptional luxury watches. Including the one worn by Queen Elizabeth at her coronation in 1953.

The Joaillerie 101 Manchette watch now holds a special place in the history of Jaeger-LeCoultre watches. It was created for Queen Elizabeth's 60th year of reign. It brings together no less than 576 brilliant-cut diamonds disseminated across a massive cuff bracelet. One must really search to find the tiny caliber 101 on this jewelry watch, which is worth over 23 million euros.

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Old Rolex watches can also fetch dizzying prices. Paul Newman's Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, the most expensive Rolex watch in the world, sold for just over 16 million euros. While the price soared due to its illustrious owner, this model was an excellent investment for those who acquired it in the 1960s.

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Article updated on July 22, 2025

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