Lot 2770 · Important Watches
a fine yellow gold automatic center seconds wristwatch with day, date, diamond and sapphire-set indexes and braceletref 18078 case 9427781 day-date circa 1986
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- Estimate
- HK$90,000–HK$150,000 hammer ≈ $11,468–$19,113
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Watches, Hong Kong · 2 April 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4650612
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Rolex, a fine yellow gold automatic center seconds wristwatch with day, date, diamond and sapphire-set indexes and braceletref 18078 case 9427781 day-date circa 1986. Sotheby's, 2 Apr 2018, lot 2770. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4650612.
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Rolex, a fine yellow gold automatic center seconds wristwatch with day, date, diamond and sapphire-set indexes and braceletref 18078 case 9427781 day-date circa 1986. Sotheby's, 2 Apr 2018, lot 2770. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4650612.
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From the same sale Important Watches · Apr 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| a very fine and rare white gold perpetual calendar chronograph wristw… | Patek Philippe | HK$1,000,000–HK$2,000,000 | |
| a rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with registers and brac… | Omega | HK$200,000–HK$300,000 | |
| a fine and rare white gold automatic perpetual calendar wristwatch wi… | Patek Philippe | HK$800,000–HK$1,200,000 | |
| a fine and rare platinum minute repeating chronograph tourbillon wris… | Audemars Piguet | HK$800,000–HK$1,600,000 | |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolex | 'Pepsi' GMT-Master II, reference 16710 Montre bracelet en ac | $15,967 | Sotheby's, Sep 2022 | |
| Rolex | Day-Date, Ref. 18238 | A yellow gold wristwatch with day, da | Sotheby's, Sep 2022 | ||
| Rolex | Explorer II, Reference 16570 | A stainless steel wristwatch | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Rolex | GMT-Master "Long E", Reference 1675 | A stainless steel dual | Sotheby's, Oct 2022 | ||
| Rolex | Untitled | Phillips, May 2022 | ||
| Rolex | Submariner, Reference 5513 | A stainless steel wristwatch wi | Sotheby's, Jul 2022 | ||
| Rolex | Explorer, Reference 1016 | A stainless steel wristwatch with | Sotheby's, Apr 2022 | ||
| Rolex | Submariner 'Kermit', Reference 16610LV | A stainless steel w | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 |
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.