Bonhams 2025-06 · 19 June 2025

Rolex. A fine and rare 18K gold diamond and yellow sapphire set automatic chronograph

Rolex. A fine and rare 18K gold diamond and yellow sapphire set automatic chronograph wristwatch Cosmograph Daytona 'Leopard', Ref: 116598 SACO, Circa 2006

Rolex · reference 116598

Bonhams, June 2025

Hammer result

GBP 53,740

about $72,393 at today's rate

2% below the high estimate
Low estimate GBP 35,000
High estimate GBP 55,000
In USD $47,148 to $74,090

The lot

Auction house

Bonhams

Sale

Bonhams 2025-06

Date

19 June 2025

Lot number

49

Reference

116598

Brand

Rolex

Year

2006

Ask against realised

$225,000 dealers ask from vs $72,393 this lot made

Across 1 dealer listing of reference 116598. The ask is what a dealer wants today, not a sale.

What this reference has made at auction

12 confirmed sales, 2011 to 2025

Average realised price per year, 2011 to 2025. Low $38,281, high $225,364.

YearSalesAverageRange
2025 3 $73,142 $72,393 to $73,551
2024 1 $225,364 $225,364 to $225,364
2020 2 $42,849 $40,543 to $45,154
2019 1 $47,847 $47,847 to $47,847
2018 1 $47,253 $47,253 to $47,253
2016 1 $40,000 $40,000 to $40,000
2015 1 $46,760 $46,760 to $46,760
2013 1 $81,345 $81,345 to $81,345
2011 1 $38,281 $38,281 to $38,281

Confirmed sales only, converted to USD at today's rate so salerooms in different currencies can be compared. Unsold lots and withheld prices are excluded from the averages.

Other sales of this reference

8 shown, most recent first

WatchHouseDateResult
Cosmograph Daytona "Leopard", Reference 116598 SACO | A yell Sotheby's Sep 2025 HKD 571,500 ($73,483)
Cosmograph Daytona "Leopard", Reference 116598 SACO | A yell Sotheby's Mar 2025 HKD 571,500 ($73,551)
Rolex Ref. 116598 SARO Cosmograph Daytona Phillips Sep 2024 CHF 190,500 ($225,364)
Rolex - Ref. 116598, self-winding, chronograph, minute and h Antiquorum May 2020 HKD 350,000 ($45,154)
ROLEX, REF. 116598, DAYTONA "LEOPARD", YELLOW GOLD, DIAMOND Antiquorum Mar 2020 CHF 40,000 ($40,543)
ROLEX REF. 116598, DAYTONA LEOPARD 18K YELLOW GOLD, DIAMOND Antiquorum Oct 2019 HKD 375,000 ($47,847)
ROLEX DAYTONA LEOPARD YELLOW GOLD Antiquorum Jan 2018 EUR 38,640 ($47,253)
Rolex. A rare and unusual special edition 18K automatic chro Bonhams Dec 2016 USD 40,000 ($40,000)
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