Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks · 27 June 2009

Ref. 16520 Color Change Rolex Daytona, "Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer

Ref. 16520 Color Change Rolex Daytona, "Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph, Daytona," Ref. 16520, T series. Made circa 1996. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Rolex Oysterlock bracelet. To be sold without reserve

Rolex · reference 16520

Antiquorum, June 2009

Hammer result

HKD 108,000

about $13,936 at today's rate

17% below the high estimate
Low estimate HKD 85,000
High estimate HKD 130,000
In USD $10,968 to $16,774

The lot

Auction house

Antiquorum

Sale

Important Collectors' Wristwatches, Pocket Watches & Clocks

Date

27 June 2009

Lot number

411

Reference

16520

Brand

Rolex

Year

1996

Ask against realised

$264.98 dealers ask from vs $13,936 this lot made

Across 100 dealer listings of reference 16520. The ask is what a dealer wants today, not a sale.

What this reference has made at auction

260 confirmed sales, 2015 to 2026

Average realised price per year, 2015 to 2026. Low $23,425, high $84,847.

YearSalesAverageRange
2026 8 $84,847 $32,716 to $179,725
2025 32 $59,556 $777.36 to $252,736
2024 33 $35,449 $3,217 to $105,098
2023 41 $50,377 $21,450 to $169,881
2022 37 $45,943 $22,838 to $118,976
2021 25 $41,788 $25,000 to $138,750
2020 12 $44,826 $1,669 to $88,706
2019 20 $46,766 $20,734 to $289,841
2018 18 $44,143 $20,714 to $137,503
2017 12 $37,095 $17,500 to $97,500
2016 8 $26,308 $9,673 to $96,095
2015 14 $23,425 $684.78 to $74,642

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
Rolex Ref. 16520 Cosmograph Daytona "New-Old-Stock" Phillips Jun 2026 USD 60,960 ($60,960)
Rolex Ref 16520 Daytona Antiquorum May 2026 HKD 1,250,000 ($159,508)
Daytona 'Zenith', Reference 16520 | A stainless steel chrono Sotheby's May 2026 CHF 25,600 ($32,716)
Rolex Ref. 16520 Cosmograph Daytona Phillips May 2026 CHF 35,560 ($45,748)
Rolex Ref. 16520 Cosmograph Daytona "High Serif" Phillips May 2026 CHF 46,990 ($60,453)
Rolex Ref. 16520 Cosmograph Daytona "Porcelain" Dial Phillips May 2026 CHF 139,700 ($179,725)
Rolex Ref. 16520 inside caseback stamped 16500 Cosmograph Da Phillips May 2026 CHF 45,720 ($58,819)
ROLEX COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA 16520 ZENITH MOVEMENT FLOATING COSM Loupe This Apr 2026 USD 80,850 ($80,850)
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