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The highest documented price among the examples covered here is CHF 31 million: Patek Philippe says its unique steel Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 sold at the Only Watch charity auction on November 9, 2019. Other standouts include the Henry Graves Jr. Supercomplication, which Sotheby’s reports sold for CHF 23.2 million in 2014, and a white-gold Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300G-010 that sold for $5.4 million in June 2024.
These are results for specific watches at dated auctions—not current valuations for every example of a model, or a complete accounting of private sales. Rarity also has more than one meaning: a one-off watch, a small commemorative edition, and a historically significant complicated watch are different kinds of scarce.
The most expensive documented Patek Philippe examples
The figures below are auction results reported by the named sources. They use different currencies and come from different years and sale contexts, so they should not be treated as directly comparable current prices.
| Watch | Reported result | What makes this example notable |
|---|---|---|
| Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 | CHF 31 million at Only Watch on November 9, 2019, reported by Patek Philippe | Unique steel version created for the charity auction. |
| Henry Graves Jr. Supercomplication | CHF 23.2 million in November 2014, reported by Sotheby’s | Unique gold double-dial pocket watch, completed in 1932 and delivered in 1933. |
| Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300G-010 | $5.4 million at Sotheby’s in June 2024, reported by Sotheby’s | White-gold watch from Sylvester Stallone’s collection; the sale’s provenance and materials related to that individual lot. |
Patek Philippe described the 2019 6300A-010 result at the time as “the highest bid ever attained for a watch.” That is the manufacturer’s November 2019 characterization of that sale, not a claim about all subsequent watch auctions.
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Why the Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A-010 is exceptionally rare
The 6300A-010 was a unique steel version made for Only Watch 2019. Its CHF 31 million result is tied to that one watch and that charity-auction setting; it is not a published market price for the regular Grandmaster Chime range. Patek Philippe reported that the result surpassed the previous Only Watch record: CHF 7.3 million for a steel Ref. 5016 at the 2015 edition of the auction.
The Grandmaster Chime is also significant for its mechanisms. Patek Philippe calls it the most complicated Patek Philippe wristwatch and says it has 20 complications and five chiming modes. Those features explain its technical importance, but complication count alone does not establish what a particular watch will sell for.
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The Henry Graves Jr. Supercomplication: a unique pocket watch
Commissioned by banker Henry Graves Jr., the gold double-dial Supercomplication was begun in 1925, completed in 1932, and delivered on January 19, 1933, according to the Sotheby’s 2014 catalogue. Patek Philippe describes it as containing 900 components and 24 complications. Sotheby’s reports that it sold for CHF 23.2 million in November 2014.
Its functions include a Westminster minute repeater, grande and petite sonnerie, split-seconds chronograph, perpetual calendar, equation of time, sunrise and sunset indications, and a celestial chart for New York. The watch is rare not just because of its complexity, but because the catalogue identifies this specific pocket watch as unique.
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Limited editions and complicated watches that are rare for different reasons
Grandmaster Chime Ref. 5175
Patek Philippe says the anniversary Ref. 5175 unites 20 complications and was made in seven examples, one of which is held by the Patek Philippe Museum. That small edition makes it scarce, but its production count is a different measure from an auction record or a one-off charity watch. The maker’s Grand Complications collection page documents the edition facts.
Calibre 89
The 1989 anniversary Calibre 89 has 33 complications and 1,728 individual parts, according to Patek Philippe. Sotheby’s describes four examples—one each in yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, and platinum. Its complication count makes it a landmark of technical complexity; that fact by itself does not establish that it is the most expensive Patek Philippe.
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How to interpret rarity and auction prices
- Check the exact reference and individual watch. A unique 6300A-010 and a white-gold 6300G-010 are not interchangeable examples, even though both belong to the Grandmaster Chime family.
- Separate production rarity from sale price. “One of one” and “made in seven examples” describe scarcity. An auction result describes what a specific lot brought at a particular sale.
- Keep provenance attached to the lot. The 2024 6300G-010’s former ownership by Sylvester Stallone is part of that watch’s story, not a feature shared by every example of the reference.
- Use dated, scoped rankings carefully. Sotheby’s 2025 list describes its ranking as the five most expensive Patek Philippe watches sold at auction since 2014. That scope does not establish a definitive tally of all auction and private transactions worldwide. See Sotheby’s ranking.
- Do not treat past results as current asking prices. Currency, date, provenance, condition, and sale context all matter; the cited results do not price every watch of the same model.
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