The top 10 most expensive watches sold by Christie's in 2018, ranked

Christine Kopaczewski

December 30, 2018 5:36 PM

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10. Designed and signed by Richard Mille, this rare platinum and baguette-cut, diamond-set tourbillon wristwatch sold for a cool $566,014.

The 10 most expensive watches sold at Christie's this year ranged in price from $566,000 to $3.2 million.
The auction house also celebrated 25 consecutive years as the leading jewelry auction market in 2018.
Topping this list, a rare Patek Philippe wristwatch sold for a whopping $3,234,905 at Christie's .

In a time when smartphones reign supreme, it's fascinating to find that there are still people willing to pay a pretty penny for a good old-fashioned watch.

Whether they simply value the old way of telling time or are looking for a way to display their style on their wrist, watch buyers were willing to drop some serious cash with Christie's this year.

In 2018, the auction house said it made $492.3 million in total jewelry sales ($484.5 million in live auction and $7.8 million online). The sales total earned Christie's its 25th consecutive year as the leading jewelry auction market. It also saw a new record being set with a bottle of Macallan 60 Year Old selling for a whopping $1.5 million (incidentally, that bottle broke the record set by another bottle of Macallan 60 Year Old, which had sold for $1.1 million just two months prior).

Here are the top 10 most expensive watches sold by Christie's in 2018, ranked from least to most expensive.

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