Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks · 5 March 2009

Yellow Gold Ref. 6098, Honeycomb Dial, Serpico Y Laino Rolex, retailed by Serpico Y. Laino

Yellow Gold Ref. 6098, Honeycomb Dial, Serpico Y Laino Rolex, retailed by Serpico Y. Laino, 'Oyster Perpetual, Officially Certified Chronometer,' Ref. 6098. Made circa 1950. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, center seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Gay Frères Jubilee bracelet.

Rolex · reference 6098

Antiquorum, March 2009

Hammer result

USD 10,800

Beat the high estimate by 27%
Low estimate USD 6,500
High estimate USD 8,500

The lot

Auction house

Antiquorum

Sale

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks

Date

5 March 2009

Lot number

266

Reference

6098

Brand

Rolex

Year

1950

Ask against realised

$5,624 dealers ask from vs $10,800 this lot made

Across 4 dealer listings of reference 6098. The ask is what a dealer wants today, not a sale.

What this reference has made at auction

28 confirmed sales, 2013 to 2026

Average realised price per year, 2013 to 2026. Low $2,890, high $187,350.

YearSalesAverageRange
2026 2 $147,012 $114,300 to $179,725
2025 2 $48,733 $6,026 to $91,440
2024 5 $130,169 $4,169 to $476,443
2023 4 $60,685 $9,067 to $140,453
2021 3 $27,019 $4,832 to $69,375
2020 1 $76,508 $76,508 to $76,508
2019 1 $7,352 $7,352 to $7,352
2018 3 $6,653 $3,250 to $9,375
2017 1 $187,350 $187,350 to $187,350
2015 3 $2,890 $1,935 to $3,500
2014 1 $12,698 $12,698 to $12,698
2013 2 $14,678 $2,749 to $26,607

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

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