Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces · 9 April 2014

Rolex Day Date ref 1804 Platinum & Diamonds Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date

ROLEX DAY DATE REF 1804 PLATINUM & DIAMONDS Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified", case No. 1999039, Ref. 1804. Made circa 1968. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum and diamond wristwatch with day & date and a platinum Rolex President bracelet with deployant clasp.

Rolex · reference 1804

Antiquorum, April 2014

Hammer result

USD 33,750

4% below the high estimate
Low estimate USD 25,000
High estimate USD 35,000

The lot

Auction house

Antiquorum

Sale

Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Date

9 April 2014

Lot number

234

Reference

1804

Brand

Rolex

Year

1968

Ask against realised

$16,995 dealers ask from vs $33,750 this lot made

Across 5 dealer listings of reference 1804. The ask is what a dealer wants today, not a sale.

What this reference has made at auction

32 confirmed sales, 2012 to 2026

Average realised price per year, 2012 to 2026. Low $32,257, high $277,756.

YearSalesAverageRange
2026 1 $277,756 $277,756 to $277,756
2024 1 $232,096 $232,096 to $232,096
2023 4 $111,014 $28,536 to $176,438
2022 2 $37,086 $34,383 to $39,789
2021 5 $160,690 $22,200 to $275,000
2020 1 $32,257 $32,257 to $32,257
2019 2 $94,111 $38,221 to $150,000
2017 1 $52,458 $52,458 to $52,458
2015 2 $35,718 $20,218 to $51,218
2014 6 $102,766 $23,984 to $351,016
2013 5 $66,664 $40,672 to $115,239
2012 2 $102,054 $26,363 to $177,744

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. 1804 Day-Date "Octopussy" Phillips May 2026 CHF 215,900
Rolex Ref. 1804 inside caseback stamped 1803 Day-Date "Octop Phillips Nov 2024 CHF 203,200
Rolex Ref 1804 Day Date Antiquorum Nov 2023 HKD 1,375,000
ROLEX, WHITE GOLD AND DIAMOND-SET 'DAY-DATE', REF. 1804 Christie's Nov 2023 CHF 25,200
ROLEX. AN EXTREMELY RARE AND HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE PLATINUM AND Christie's Nov 2023 CHF 151,200
Rolex Ref. 1804 Day-Date Phillips May 2023 CHF 63,500
ROLEX REF 1804, DAY-DATE, PLATINUM AND DIAMOND Antiquorum Nov 2022 HKD 268,750
Rolex Ref 1804 1803 Oyster Perpetual Day Date Antiquorum Jan 2022 EUR 35,100
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