Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces · 25 April 2012

ROLEX REF. 1655 EXPLORER II "STEVE MCQUEEN" Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Explorer II

ROLEX REF. 1655 EXPLORER II "STEVE MCQUEEN" Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Explorer II, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 7429207, Ref. 1655. Made in 1973. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, special 24-hour bezel, large orange arrow 24-hour hand and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster Fliplock bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box, guarantee (now void), booklet and 2 extra links.

Rolex · reference 1655

Antiquorum, April 2012

Hammer result

USD 22,500

Beat the high estimate by 25%
Low estimate USD 12,000
High estimate USD 18,000

The lot

Auction house

Antiquorum

Sale

Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Date

25 April 2012

Lot number

169

Reference

1655

Brand

Rolex

Year

1973

Accompanied by

box and papers

Ask against realised

$6,995 dealers ask from vs $22,500 this lot made

Across 48 dealer listings of reference 1655. The ask is what a dealer wants today, not a sale.

What this reference has made at auction

125 confirmed sales, 2015 to 2026

Average realised price per year, 2015 to 2026. Low $15,096, high $38,817.

YearSalesAverageRange
2026 7 $25,241 $17,071 to $35,560
2025 10 $25,773 $14,710 to $46,200
2024 10 $19,123 $2,856 to $30,240
2023 15 $24,857 $18,900 to $39,581
2022 19 $38,817 $18,032 to $239,400
2021 12 $33,141 $22,680 to $54,998
2020 5 $26,096 $21,771 to $34,283
2019 6 $31,933 $22,257 to $60,000
2018 13 $23,342 $14,272 to $47,519
2017 9 $23,290 $12,667 to $62,500
2016 9 $16,422 $11,250 to $21,781
2015 10 $15,096 $11,576 to $21,566

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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