Lot 2131 · Important Watches
Oyster Perpetual Tru-Beat, Reference 6556 | A stainless steel wristwatch with bracelet and dead beat seconds, Circa 1956
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- Estimate
- HK$120,000–HK$250,000 hammer ≈ $15,316–$31,908
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Watches · 24 April 2026
- Record ID
- TB-2026-2601542
- Record
- first seen 27 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Tru-Beat, Reference 6556 | A stainless steel wristwatch with bracelet and dead beat seconds, Circa 1956. Sotheby's, 24 Apr 2026, lot 2131. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2601542.
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Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Tru-Beat, Reference 6556 | A stainless steel wristwatch with bracelet and dead beat seconds, Circa 1956. Sotheby's, 24 Apr 2026, lot 2131. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2601542.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A slim yellow gold open-faced keyless lever dress watch, Circa 1913 | Cartier New York | HK$32,000–HK$48,000 | |
| New York retailed | A yellow gold square wristwatch with part-hooded … | Vacheron Constantin For Cartier | HK$55,000–HK$95,000 | |
| An extremely rare and slim yellow gold openface keyless lever watch w… | Cartier Paris | HK$80,000–HK$120,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Rolex | a stainless steel automatic centre seconds diver's wristwatc | Sotheby's, May 2016 | ||
| Rolex | 'Day-Date' gold wristwatch, Ref. 18078 | Rago, Dec 2025 | ||
| Rolex | 'Submariner Kermit' stainless steel wristwatch, Ref. 16610LV | Wright, Nov 2022 | ||
| Rolex | a yellow gold automatic chronograph wristwatch with register | Sotheby's, Sep 2015 | ||
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.