Cartier Crash Sets New Auction Record for Most Valuable Cartier Wristwatch Ever Sold

Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

A rare London Cartier Crash set a new auction record for the most valuable Cartier wristwatch ever sold in yesterday’s Important Watches sale at Sotheby's Hong Kong. Believed to be one of only three examples made in 1987, watch as Sotheby’s Sam Hines brings the hammer down at a final price of $15,616,000 million HKD.

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