Hammer prices including buyer's premium, from completed auctions. Unlike an asking price, this is what a buyer actually paid.
150,147
Lots
$27,741
Average hammer, USD sales
$13,922,000
Record, USD sales
Antiquorum
Top house
48% of lots beat their high estimate and only 7% fell short of the low, across 148,889 completed sales from 1989 to Aug 2026.
Refreshed weekly, latest sale 21 Aug 2026.
| Lot | Watch | Estimate | Result | Vs estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 394 |
Reference 216570 Explorer II | A stainless steel automatic du…
Steel · Automatic · 2020 |
$6,000–9,000 | $15,360 | +71% |
| 311 |
Reference 216570 Explorer II | A stainless steel automatic du…
Steel · Automatic · 2016 |
$6,000–12,000 | $8,960 | -25% |
| 391 |
Reference 16570 Explorer II | A stainless steel automatic dua…
Steel · Automatic · 1991 |
$6,000–12,000 | $8,320 | -31% |
| 100 |
ROLEX. A SPORTY STAINLESS STEEL DUAL TIME AUTOMATIC WRISTWATC…
Steel · Automatic · 2011 |
$7,000–10,000 | $9,525 | -5% |
| 805 |
Rolex Ref. 16570 Explorer II
|
HK$30,000–60,000 | HK$88,900 | +48% |
| 8054 |
Rolex Ref. 16570 Explorer II
Stainless steel · Automatic cal. 2325 · Circa 2000 |
HK$20,000–36,000 | HK$69,850 | +94% |
| 8653 |
Explorer II “Polar Swiss Only”, Reference 16570 | A stainless…
Steel · 1999 |
HK$60,000–80,000 | HK$70,400 | -12% |
| 106 |
Rolex. A stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch wi…
Steel · Automatic |
£4,000–6,000 | £6,400 incl. 28% premium | +7% |
52 recorded sales across 6 houses, 1998 to 2026. US dollar sales only.
Bar shows the full range of prices paid that year; the mark is the median. Median rather than average, so one exceptional lot does not distort the year. * Years marked with an asterisk have fewer than three recorded sales, too few to read as a market level.
Showing 1–8 of 259 completed sales. Prices as reported by the auction house, in the sale's original currency.
Curated from publicly documented auction results. Realized prices, hammer plus premium, never asking prices.
The most expensive wristwatch ever sold at auction. A one-off in steel with 20 complications, sold for charity.
Pocket watch with 24 complications, commissioned in 1925. Held the all-time record for years.
Paul Newman's own exotic-dial Daytona, a gift from Joanne Woodward. The most expensive Rolex ever sold.
One of only four known steel examples of the first serially produced perpetual calendar chronograph.
Resold at Phillips Geneva, 8 Nov 2025, for CHF 14,190,000
The only known white gold manual-wind Daytona. Sold for charity.
The first wristwatch by the master finisher, a grande sonnerie minute repeater.
Black-dial triple calendar moonphase owned by the last emperor of Vietnam.
Handmade pocket watch by the greatest watchmaker of the 20th century.
First-generation Speedmaster from 1957 with tropical dial, a record for Omega.
Worn by Brando in Apocalypse Now, bezel removed, caseback hand-engraved by Brando.
Steel prototype with 18 complications, sold for charity.
Double-faced grand complication, one of Patek's most complicated wristwatches.
Showing 217,240 of 263 results (filtered)
Marketplace
$8,288
ROLEX. MONTRE BRACELET EN ACIER AVEC DATE ET 2ND FUSEAU HORAIRE MOUVEMENT AUTOMATIQUE ROLEX. A STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC CALENDAR BRACELET WATCH WITH DUAL TIME ZONE Explorer II, Ref: 16570, Circa 1996
Marketplace
$6,375
Rolex. A stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch with dual time zone Explorer II, Ref: 16570, Purchased 5th June 2004
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$6,375
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$8,925
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$76,500
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$63,750
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$48,450
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$6,375
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$60,960
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$7,620
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$69,850
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$3,125
Rolex. A stainless steel automatic calendar second time zone bracelet watch with box and papers Explorer II, Ref:16570, Serial No.A55****, Sold 5th October 1999
Marketplace
$2,750
Rolex. A stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch with dual time zone Explorer II, Ref:16570T, Serial No.D622***, Circa 2006
Marketplace
$3,125
Rolex. A stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch Explorer II, Ref:16570, Serial No.K95****, Movement No.390*****, Circa 2001
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$4,500
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$3,125
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$3,000
Rolex. A stainless steel automatic calendar second time zone bracelet watch with box and papersExplorer II, Ref:16570, Serial No.M144***, Sold 24th March 2008
Marketplace
$4,000
Rolex. A stainless steel automatic calendar bracelet watch with second timezoneExplorer II, Ref:16570, Serial No.N339***, Movement No.6266043, Sold 23rd November 1992
Marketplace
$4,750
Rolex. A fine stainless steel automatic dual time zone center seconds bracelet watchExplorer II, Ref:16570, No. Z 424069, sold 2008
Marketplace
$2,880
Rolex. A fine stainless steel automatic centre seconds calendar bracelet watch together with fitted box and papersSubmariner, Date, Ref:16570, Sold August 31st 2000
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$1,980
Rolex. A stainless steel automatic centre seconds calendar twin time zone wristwatch together with fitted box and papersExplorer II, Ref:16570, Sold May 13th 2008
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$70,125
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$6,400
Rolex. Montre bracelet en acier avec date et second fuseau horaire mouvement automatique Rolex. A stainless steel automatic calendar dual time zone bracelet watch Explorer II, Ref: 16570, Circa 2004