Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces · 15 September 2010

Rolex Ref. 16518 Yellow Gold Daytona Rolex, 'Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer

Rolex Ref. 16518 Yellow Gold Daytona Rolex, 'Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona,' case No. N 269562, Ref. 16518. Made circa 1992. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Fliplock deployant clasp.

Rolex · reference 16518

Antiquorum, September 2010

Hammer result

USD 10,000

17% below the high estimate
Low estimate USD 8,000
High estimate USD 12,000

The lot

Auction house

Antiquorum

Sale

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Date

15 September 2010

Lot number

63

Reference

16518

Brand

Rolex

Year

1992

Ask against realised

$19,750 dealers ask from vs $10,000 this lot made

Across 20 dealer listings of reference 16518. The ask is what a dealer wants today, not a sale.

What this reference has made at auction

45 confirmed sales, 2015 to 2026

Average realised price per year, 2015 to 2026. Low $12,649, high $78,157.

YearSalesAverageRange
2026 2 $24,960 $21,760 to $28,160
2025 6 $28,784 $22,860 to $46,322
2024 5 $23,660 $18,561 to $28,800
2023 3 $25,907 $22,456 to $28,383
2022 9 $30,927 $24,788 to $41,260
2021 6 $43,393 $21,075 to $128,299
2020 3 $16,933 $16,933 to $16,933
2019 5 $20,946 $17,531 to $25,518
2018 1 $28,702 $28,702 to $28,702
2017 1 $15,207 $15,207 to $15,207
2016 1 $78,157 $78,157 to $78,157
2015 3 $12,649 $11,818 to $13,512

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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