EP 001 · The List
The 10 Most Expensive Watches in the World
One of these watches costs fifty-five million dollars — and the man who owned the cheapest one on this list got it as a gift from his wife.
This countdown covers the ten most expensive watches ever made or sold, from a steel Rolex with a movie-star past to a bracelet so covered in colored diamonds that the watch itself is almost an afterthought. Auction records, royal provenance, and one price tag that has never been matched.
The countdown
Watch the full episode above for all ten. The top of the list: the Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime — the most expensive watch ever sold at auction at $31.19 million — and the Graff Diamonds Hallucination, valued at $55 million and never offered for sale since.
Full transcript
Number two. The Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime. Twenty complications, seven years to build, and thirty-one million dollars at auction in Geneva.
And number one. The Graff Hallucination. One hundred ten carats of colored diamonds worth fifty-five million. The watch is almost an afterthought.
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