Thought to be a gift given to Hitler for his 44th birthday on April 20, 1933, the watch was sold by Alexander Historical Auctions in Maryland for $1.1 million (€1.07 million) to an unidentified bidder.
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Three dates around a Swastika - Hitler's birth date, the date he became Chancellor, and the day the Nazi party emerged triumphant in March 1933 are etched on the Andreas Huber reversible watch.
A French soldier grabbed the watch from Hitler's Berchtesgaden retreat in southern Germany at the end of the Second World War.
Alexander Historical Auctions focus on military history, thus this is not the first auction featuring Nazi relics on offer.
Other contentious objects belonging to Hitler that they auction have included a dog collar, toilet paper, cutlery, and champagne glasses.
Apart from some of Hitler's paintings, medals, letters, weapons, military attire were among other Nazi relics.
Though many more pieces gathered tens of thousands of dollars, the watch was the item sold for the most. The market for Nazi memorabilia is convoluted. Selling Nazi "collectibles" is illegal in Germany, Austria, France, for instance. The US and the UK are not covered by those same limitations, though.
Among the main auction houses, Christie's, Sotheby's, and Bonham's all refuse to sell objects connected to Nazi Germany.
Bloomfield Auctions in Belfast changed their policy on Nazi memorabilia after a Nazi tablecloth they put up for auction in Belfast was removed due of public reaction.