Watch Auctions 2026 · Antiquorum New York · Results
TL;DR — Antiquorum New York, 18 October 2026
- Three F.P. Journe pieces crossed $1 million each in a single afternoon at The Ned NoMad, New York
- Centigraphe Souverain, platinum, salmon dial: $1,670,000 — 67% above its $1M high estimate
- The session’s biggest percentage surprise: Elegante 48 “Gino’s Dream” sold for $425,000, more than double its $200,000 high estimate
- Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5711/1R-001 in pink gold: $325,000 — a calmer, normalised result vs. 2022 peak pricing
- Results confirm sustained heat heading into the Geneva auction week, 6–9 November
When Antiquorum announced its return to the US auction market last month, the question every collector asked was the same: could a house re-entering New York after years away attract the calibre of consignments that would command the room? On 18 October 2026 at The Ned NoMad, the answer came in three successive hammer prices — $1,670,000, $1,550,000, and $1,310,000 — all F.P. Journe, all from a single afternoon session, all against estimates the room left well behind.
This is the results dispatch for Antiquorum’s Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces New York sale, the final major auction event of what has been an extraordinary October auction month for the watch market.
The Headline Lot: Centigraphe Souverain at $1.67 Million
Lot 155 defined the session. An F.P. Journe Centigraphe Souverain in platinum with a salmon-coloured dial — the most sought combination in the reference — carried a pre-sale estimate of $600,000–$1,000,000 and sold for $1,670,000, 67% above its high estimate. The result was the day’s single largest hammer price and, at the time of writing, the highest price recorded for a Centigraphe Souverain at any public auction.
Introduced in 2009, the Centigraphe Souverain is the only production watch with a centisecond hand: the seconds wheel completes one full rotation per second, rather than the conventional minute sweep, allowing the wearer to read elapsed time to the nearest hundredth without a split-second mechanism. The platinum case with salmon dial represents the earliest and rarest specification; platinum Journe pieces from the first production decade have shown consistent appreciation over the past four auction seasons. For collectors tracking how independent watches have held their value over time, our secondary market value analysis gives context across a decade of auction data.
Eight Journe Lots: The Full Results Table
| Lot | Watch | Estimate (USD) | Sold (USD) | vs. High Estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155 | Centigraphe Souverain, platinum, salmon dial | $600,000–1,000,000 | $1,670,000 | +67% |
| 156 | Tourbillon Vertical, Black Series, platinum | $800,000–1,400,000 | $1,550,000 | +11% |
| 152 | Vagabondage II, 18k pink gold, limited to 68 | $500,000–800,000 | $1,310,000 | +64% |
| 157 | Octa Calendrier, platinum | $400,000–800,000 | $800,000 | at high estimate |
| 150 | Elegante 48 “Gino’s Dream”, 18k pink gold | $100,000–200,000 | $425,000 | +113% |
| 154 | Quantième Perpétuel, Boutique Edition | $100,000–200,000 | $262,500 | +31% |
| 151 | Octa Quantième Perpétuel | $100,000–150,000 | $250,000 | +67% |
| 149 | Automatique Réserve lineSport (ARS2) | $120,000–240,000 | $187,500 | −22% |
Seven of the eight Journe lots sold above their low estimate; six exceeded the high. Only the Automatique Réserve lineSport — a steel sports piece from the ARS2 generation — came in at $187,500 against a $240,000 ceiling. Every other Journe piece cleared its estimate by double digits, and three crossed one million dollars. The Vagabondage II, limited to just 68 examples and built around Journe’s enigmatic digital-jumping-hour complication, reached $1,310,000 — 64% above its $800,000 high.
The Stealth Hit: Elegante 48 “Gino’s Dream” at $425,000
No lot in the sale landed further above its estimate, in percentage terms, than Lot 150: the F.P. Journe Elegante 48 in 18k pink gold from the “Gino’s Dream” edition. Sold for $425,000 against a $100,000–$200,000 estimate — a 113% premium above the ceiling — it was the session’s purest demonstration of what the market does when it encounters a named, ultra-limited Journe configuration that the catalogue has underpriced.
The Elegante is Journe’s ladies’ complications line, but calling it a “ladies’ watch” undersells the engineering: the movement detects wrist motion electromagnetically to regulate the display, engaging only when the watch is worn actively. “Gino’s Dream” identifies a very small run commissioned for the family of Gino Macaluso, the designer who originally worked with Journe on the Elegante concept. A named Journe, tied to the brand’s own patron, in a configuration never available at retail: the room understood exactly what it had, and estimated the opportunity accordingly.
Rolex, Patek Philippe, and Richard Mille
| Lot | Watch | Estimate (USD) | Sold (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5711/1R-001, 18k pink gold, Tiffany & Co. dial, 2017 | $200,000–400,000 | $325,000 |
| 153 | Richard Mille RM 35-02 Rafael Nadal, 2017 | $150,000–250,000 | $337,500 |
| 12 | Rolex Daytona Ref. 6241, 14k yellow gold, Tiffany & Co. retailed, c. 1969 | $100,000–200,000 | $250,000 |
| 22 | Patek Philippe Ref. 5961P, platinum annual calendar chronograph, 2023 | $80,000–120,000 | $150,000 |
| 145 | Rolex Daytona Ref. 116576 TBR, platinum with diamond bezel | $120,000–180,000 | $237,500 |
| 143 | Rolex Daytona Ref. 116509, 18k white gold, meteorite dial | $30,000–50,000 | $106,250 |
The Patek Philippe Nautilus Ref. 5711/1R-001 in 18k pink gold (Lot 23) — retailed through Tiffany & Co. and consigned with the original documentation — brought $325,000 against a $200,000–$400,000 estimate, a settled result at the lower third of the range. It is a normalised number: the pink-gold 5711 commanded significantly higher premiums at peak secondary-market pricing in 2022. The result suggests the market has recalibrated. Readers examining entry points into the reference can find the full Nautilus secondary-market picture in this site’s broader Rolex comparison resources.
The Richard Mille RM 35-02 Rafael Nadal (Lot 153) cleared $337,500 — $87,500 above its high estimate — a result consistent with the RM 35-02’s trajectory since Nadal’s retirement in 2024 made the reference discontinued in all but name. For vintage Rolex Daytona references, Lot 12’s result of $250,000 for the 14k yellow-gold Ref. 6241 with Tiffany provenance continues the house’s premium for documented retail origin; readers assessing the vintage Daytona market will find the full reference history in the Rolex Daytona buying guide. The biggest Rolex percentage mover was Lot 143: a Ref. 116509 in white gold with meteorite dial, estimated at $30,000–$50,000 and sold for $106,250 — more than twice the high estimate. Condition and provenance details not reflected in the pre-sale materials were presumably visible in the room.
For a broader view of how Rolex holds its value at auction, our analysis of whether Rolex is a good investment uses a decade of secondary-market data to separate the outlier lots from the norm.
What the Results Mean for the Market
Three F.P. Journe lots crossing one million dollars in a single US afternoon session is a structural signal, not a statistical blip. Add the context — Antiquorum’s first major New York return sale in years, competing in a market now comprehensively served by Phillips and Sotheby’s — and the session becomes more than a good auction. It is evidence that the independent watchmaking market has reached a price tier that, a decade ago, belonged exclusively to classic Patek Philippe.
October 2026’s auction month opened with Phillips achieving the first online watch auction over $1 million with a Voutilainen 28Sport. It closed with Antiquorum doing it three times in one room. The consistency of the Journe ceiling — across Phillips, Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and now Antiquorum, across online and in-room formats, across several cities — confirms that this is not format-specific or house-specific: it is a genuine market shift.
The next auction test arrives quickly. The Geneva auction week, 6–9 November 2026, brings Phillips Geneva Watch Auction XXIV, Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Antiquorum together across four days. Geneva typically sets the annual ceiling. The question after October is whether New York has genuinely closed the price gap with Geneva — or whether the coming sales will reassert the traditional hierarchy.
Lot 155, the F.P. Journe Centigraphe Souverain in platinum with salmon dial, sold for USD 1,670,000 — 67% above its $1,000,000 high estimate and the highest price recorded for this reference at public auction.
Six of the eight F.P. Journe lots exceeded their high estimate; one (the Octa Calendrier, Lot 157) sold exactly at its high estimate; and one (the Automatique Réserve lineSport, Lot 149) came in below. Three Journe lots crossed USD 1,000,000.
By percentage premium, the standout was Lot 150, the F.P. Journe Elegante 48 ‘Gino’s Dream’ in 18k pink gold. It sold for $425,000 — 113% above its $200,000 high estimate — making it the session’s most dramatic outlier.
The Nautilus Ref. 5711/1R-001 in 18k pink gold with Tiffany & Co. provenance (Lot 23) sold for $325,000 against a $200,000–$400,000 estimate — a settled, normalised result compared to peak secondary-market pricing in 2022.
Geneva auction week runs from 6–9 November 2026, bringing Phillips Geneva Watch Auction XXIV, Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Antiquorum together for the year’s most concentrated four-day auction calendar.
Sources: Antiquorum official auction results catalog, Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces, New York, 18 October 2026. All hammer prices and estimates cited directly from the Antiquorum catalog and include buyer’s premium as stated therein.
