11 most expensive watches sold at auction

• 11 most expensive watches sold at auction

A good car, a big house, expensive watch - it's performance status. Therefore, there will always be people willing to pay for a few hours a fortune.

Here is a list of the most expensive watches that have ever been sold at auctions like Sotheby's and Christie's.

The clear leader in this list - Geneva brand Patek Philippe.

1. Watch Grande Complication, made by order of Henry Graves in 1926, sold for $ 1.98 million at Christie's auction in November 2005

11 most expensive watches sold at auction

2. Steel Watches Patek Philippe (1944), waterproof, with perpetual calendar, sold for $ 2.26 million private museum in Switzerland at Christie's auction in November 2007

11 most expensive watches sold at auction

3. Watches Patek Philippe pink gold perpetual calendar and chronograph function are sold for $ 2.28 million at Christie's auction in May 2007

11 most expensive watches sold at auction

4. Watches Patek Philippe (1953) of 18-carat rose gold with blue dial, sold for $ 2,704,000 at Christie's auction in November 2010

11 most expensive watches sold at auction

5. Watches Patek Philippe (1942) with calendar, display the lunar phases, sold for $ 2.77 million at Christie's auction in November 2009

11 most expensive watches sold at auction

6. Watches Patek Philippe (1954) of the platinum perpetual calendar, central seconds counter, display the lunar phases, sold for $ 3.1 million at Christie's auction in May 2008

11 most expensive watches sold at auction

7. Watches Patek Philippe (1928) of 18-karat white gold in the form of pillows with single-button chronograph sold for $ 3.6 million at Christie's auction in May 2011,

11 most expensive watches sold at auction

8. Watches Patek Philippe (1949) steel with a perpetual calendar and Arabic numbering sold for $ 4.1 million at Christie's auction in May 2008

11 most expensive watches sold at auction

9. Yellow Gold Calibre (1989), a set of 4 pocket watches produced by Patek Philippe, was sold for more than $ 5.1 million at the Antiquorum auction in Geneva in 2009

11 most expensive watches sold at auction

10. Patek Philippe watches in 18-carat gold with perpetual calendar, moon phase indicator, and barrel-shaped body, sold for $ 5.7 million at Christie's auction in May 2010,

11 most expensive watches sold at auction

11. Hours Henry Graves "supercomplication", also produced by Patek Philippe, sold for $ 11 million at Sotheby's in December 1999. Considered the most complicated watch in the world

11 most expensive watches sold at auction

Bonus: Custom Clock Duc D'Orleans Sympathique with removable pocket watch sold for $ 5.77 million at Sotheby's in December 2012,

11 most expensive watches sold at auction

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