Lot 151 · Important Watches
an 18k yellow gold automatic centre seconds wristwatch with date and braceletcirca 1970 oyster perpetual date ref. 1500
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- Estimate
- CHF 3,800–CHF 4,500 hammer ≈ $3,424–$4,055
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Watches, Geneva · 9 May 2010
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3923359
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Rolex, an 18k yellow gold automatic centre seconds wristwatch with date and braceletcirca 1970 oyster perpetual date ref. 1500. Sotheby's, 9 May 2010, lot 151. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3923359.
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Rolex, an 18k yellow gold automatic centre seconds wristwatch with date and braceletcirca 1970 oyster perpetual date ref. 1500. Sotheby's, 9 May 2010, lot 151. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3923359.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Rolex | Explorer Oyster Perpetual, reference 5501 Montre bracelet en | Sotheby's, Sep 2023 | ||
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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.