Air-King, Ref: 5500, c. 1972 — ROLEX. A STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC BRACELET WATCH

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Estimate: $2,500–$3,500 hammer
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Sale: Bonhams — Weekly: Watches, Online, New York · 19 September 2024
Record ID: TB-2026-362747
Record: first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Rolex. A Stainless Steel Automatic Bracelet Watch, Air-King, Ref: 5500, c. 1972. Bonhams, 19 Sep 2024, lot 2014. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-362747.

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Rolex. A Stainless Steel Automatic Bracelet Watch, Air-King, Ref: 5500, c. 1972. Bonhams, 19 Sep 2024, lot 2014. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-362747.

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From the same sale Weekly: Watches · Sep 2024

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Pelagos , Ref: 25600TN, c. 2015	[no Reserve] Tudor. A Titanium Automatic Calendar Bracelet Watch	$1,500–$2,500
Oyster Perpetual Date, Ref: 6916 , c. 1963	Omega. A Stainless Steel Automatic Calendar Bracelet Watch	$3,000–$5,000
Oysterdate, Ref: 6466, c. 1960s	Rolex. A Stainless Steel Manual Wind Calendar Bracelet Watch	$1,500–$2,500
Oyster Perpetual, Ref: 1007/1005, c. 1966	Rolex. A Stainless Steel And Gold Automatic Wristwatch	$2,200–$3,200
Millenary, Ref: 15016ST, c. 2005	Audemars Piguet. A Stainless Steel Automatic Calendar Wristwatch	$4,500–$6,000
Seamaster 300M Rio Olympics, Ref: 522.30.41.20.01.001, c. 2016	Doxa. A Limited Edition Stainless Steel Automatic Calendar Bracelet Watch	$3,000–$5,000

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Rolex. A Stainless Steel Automatic Bracelet Watch	Oyster Perpetual, Ref: 1002, Circa 1968		Bonhams, Mar 2025
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Rolex. A Stainless Steel Automatic Bracelet Watch	Air-King Precision, Ref: 5500/1002, Circa 1979		Bonhams, Feb 2020
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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.