Explorer, Ref: 5500, Circa 1966 — Rolex. A stainless steel automatic bracelet watch

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Estimate: £5,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $6,710–$10,736
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Sale: Bonhams — London Watches, London, Knightsbridge · 22 May 2025
Record ID: TB-2026-173136
Record: first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Rolex. A Stainless Steel Automatic Bracelet Watch, Explorer, Ref: 5500, Circa 1966. Bonhams, 22 May 2025, lot 53. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-173136.

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Rolex. A Stainless Steel Automatic Bracelet Watch, Explorer, Ref: 5500, Circa 1966. Bonhams, 22 May 2025, lot 53. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-173136.

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Circa 1907	John Russell, London. A 14k Gold Keyless Wind Full Hunter Quarter Repeating Pocket Watch	£2,000–£3,000
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Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band

Artist	Lot	Result USD, incl. premium	Sale
Rolex. A Stainless Steel Automatic Bracelet Watch	Rolex. Montre bracelet en acier mouvement automatique Subma	$8,628	Bonhams, Feb 2025
Rolex. A Stainless Steel Automatic Bracelet Watch	Submariner , Ref: 5513, c. 1984		Bonhams, Dec 2025
Rolex. A Stainless Steel Automatic Bracelet Watch	Submariner, Ref: 5513, Circa 1970		Bonhams, Sep 2024
Rolex. A Stainless Steel Automatic Bracelet Watch	Rolex. Montre bracelet en acier mouvement automatique Explo		Bonhams, Feb 2024
Rolex. A Stainless Steel Automatic Bracelet Watch	Submariner, Ref: 5513, Circa 1989		Bonhams, May 2022
Rolex. A Stainless Steel Automatic Bracelet Watch	Submariner, Ref: 5513, Circa 1969		Bonhams, Sep 2025
Rolex. A Stainless Steel Automatic Bracelet Watch	Explorer 'Super Precision', Ref: 5500, Circa 1962		Bonhams, Sep 2022
Rolex. A Stainless Steel Automatic Bracelet Watch	Explorer, Ref: 1016, Circa 1966		Bonhams, Dec 2021

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.