Lot 28 · Fine Watches
'Pre-Explorer', Navy limited edition, Reference 6150 A stainless steel wristwatch Circa 1953
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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $10,675–$16,012
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Fine Watches, London · 17 December 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5349342
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Rolex, 'Pre-Explorer', Navy limited edition, Reference 6150 A stainless steel wristwatch Circa 1953. Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2025, lot 28. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5349342.
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Rolex, 'Pre-Explorer', Navy limited edition, Reference 6150 A stainless steel wristwatch Circa 1953. Sotheby's, 17 Dec 2025, lot 28. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5349342.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Rolex | a stainless steel and pink gold automatic flyback chronograp | Sotheby's, May 2017 | ||
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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.