Lot 313 · Important Watches: Part II
Day-Date, Reference 18238 | A yellow gold and diamond-set wristwatch with day, date and bracelet | Circa 1988
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- Estimate
- CHF 16,000–CHF 26,000 hammer ≈ $17,762–$28,863
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Watches: Part II, Geneva · 7 November 2023
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5166241
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Rolex, Day-Date, Reference 18238 | A yellow gold and diamond-set wristwatch with day, date and bracelet | Circa 1988. Sotheby's, 7 Nov 2023, lot 313. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5166241.
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Rolex, Day-Date, Reference 18238 | A yellow gold and diamond-set wristwatch with day, date and bracelet | Circa 1988. Sotheby's, 7 Nov 2023, lot 313. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5166241.
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|---|---|---|---|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolex | Untitled | $25,682 | Phillips, Sep 2022 | |
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| Rolex | reference 18206 day-date a platinum and diamond-set automati | Sotheby's, Dec 2020 | ||
| Rolex | 'Oyster Perpetual Turquoise' stainless steel wristwatch, Ref | Rago, Jun 2022 | ||
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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.