Sotheby's Paris watch department closed its October 2026 Fine Watches sale on October 7 with a result the house will remember. All 110 lots found buyers — a 100 percent sell-through rate — for a final hammer total of €3,463,080, about $3.74 million. Coverage of the sale calls it the strongest single session in the history of Sotheby's Paris watch programme. Together with the March 2026 sale, annual Fine Watches proceeds in Paris now stand at €7,455,454 (roughly $8.07 million), a new yearly record for the series. The timed online format usually clears 85 to 90 percent of lots in Paris, so selling every consignment points to conservative estimates meeting eager demand. The session's top result came from a 2013 Patek Philippe Ref. 5951P-001 perpetual calendar flyback chronograph in platinum, which hammered at €384,000. A 2001 Patek Philippe Ref. 5004G-015 split-seconds perpetual calendar in white gold followed at €264,000. Two Rolex Daytonas each reached €192,000: a 1979 steel Ref. 6263 and a 1967 'Paul Newman' Ref. 6239 with exotic dial, box and papers, consigned by the family of its original owner. A 2003 Patek Philippe Ref. 3970 perpetual calendar chronograph rounded out the leaders at €90,000. The result adds to an active autumn for watch auctions, with Phillips running its New York Sessions online sale and Antiquorum's October sales in the mix. For Sotheby's, the Paris performance shows collector appetite for top vintage references remains deep even as the broader art market stays selective. The sale's star lot, lot 368, was the Rolex Daytona 'Paul Newman' Ref. 6241 from around 1968 consigned by the family of its original owner, carrying a 'black-on-black' dial configuration under the model's black acrylic bezel and complete with box, papers and guarantee card; the 1967 Ref. 6239 exotic-dial example hammered at 192,000 euros, a strong showing for the reference.