Lot 80 · Important Watches: Part I
DateJust, Reference 1601 | A yellow gold wristwatch with date and bracelet | Circa 1961
Rolex · Dial: pink lacquer, Eastern Arabic
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- Estimate
- CHF 26,000–CHF 50,000 hammer ≈ $31,279–$60,152
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Watches: Part I, Geneva · 11 May 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5291659
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Rolex, DateJust, Reference 1601 | A yellow gold wristwatch with date and bracelet | Circa 1961. Sotheby's, 11 May 2025, lot 80. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5291659.
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Rolex, DateJust, Reference 1601 | A yellow gold wristwatch with date and bracelet | Circa 1961. Sotheby's, 11 May 2025, lot 80. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5291659.
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From the same sale Important Watches: Part I · May 2025
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| An exceptional 18ct yellow gold, silver, onyx, jade, lapis lazuli, ag… | Cartier Paris | CHF 50,000–CHF 80,000 | |
| Nautilus '40th Anniversary', Reference 5711/1P-001 | A limited editio… | Patek Philippe | CHF 260,000–CHF 350,000 | |
| A fine onyx, gold, mother-of-pearl and moonstone 8-day arched desk ti… | Cartier Paris | CHF 20,000–CHF 40,000 | |
| Nautilus, Reference 5712R-001 | A pink gold wristwatch with moon phas… | Patek Philippe | CHF 50,000–CHF 80,000 | |
| Aquanaut, Reference 5968G-010 | A white gold flyback chronograph wris… | Patek Philippe | CHF 60,000–CHF 90,000 | |
| Daytona 'Paul Newman', Reference 6241 | A stainless steel chronograph… | Rolex | CHF 150,000–CHF 300,000 |
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| Rolex | a fine and rare white gold, diamond and sapphire-set automat | Sotheby's, Oct 2017 | ||
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| Rolex | Cosmograph Daytona, Reference 116506 | A platinum chronograp | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
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| Rolex | Daytona, reference 116506 Montre bracelet chronographe en pl | Sotheby's, Sep 2023 |
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.