Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication
- Maker
- Patek Philippe
- Year
- 1933 (sold at auction 2014)
- Rank
- 99 of 100
Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication
Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication by Patek Philippe (1933 (sold at auction 2014)) is ranked 99 in the FLOAT 100 for Watches. It sold for $24,000,000 on 11 November 2014. The most complicated watch ever made without computer aid (24 complications), built 1933 for banker Henry Graves Jr. — the ultimate horological grail.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The most complicated watch ever made without computer aid (24 complications), built 1933 for banker Henry Graves Jr. — the ultimate horological grail.
Henry Graves Supercomplication pocket watch — 24 complications, ~900 parts, 18k gold
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $24,000,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 11 November 2014
Sotheby's Geneva, Nov 11 2014 — CHF 23,237,000 (~US$24,000,000 incl. premium). Most expensive watch ever sold at auction at the time.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08