Our archive holds 10 confirmed sales of the Rolex reference 18039 in US dollars, across 4 auction houses between 2010 and 2025. These are settled transactions, not asking prices.
What it sells for
The median result is $17,730. The mean is $39,418. The mean sits well above the median, which tells you a small number of exceptional examples are pulling the average up. The median is the better guide to what a normal example costs.
Half of all recorded sales fall between $12,870 and $37,500. The full range runs from $11,250 to $196,850, a spread of 191% across the middle half.
Asking prices against realised prices
We currently track 11 retail listings for this reference. The cheapest asks $11,900, which is 33% below the median auction result. A dealer asking under the auction median is worth a closer look, though condition and completeness explain much of any gap.
How to read these figures
Every number here comes from completed auctions, hammer plus buyer's premium, converted where necessary and restricted to US dollar sales so the comparison is like for like. Condition, completeness and dial variant account for much of the spread within a single reference, so treat the median as market context rather than a valuation of any particular example.