Lot 38 · Important Watches: Take a Minute
Reference 16753 GMT Master ‘Root Beer’ | Retailed by Tiffany & Co.: A stainless steel and yellow gold automatic dual time wristwatch with date, bracelet, and nipple dial, Circa 1986
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- Estimate
- $15,000–$25,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Important Watches: Take a Minute, New York · 10 June 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5299801
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Rolex, Reference 16753 GMT Master ‘Root Beer’ | Retailed by Tiffany & Co.: A stainless steel and yellow gold automatic dual time wristwatch with date, bracelet, and nipple dial, Circa 1986. Sotheby's, 10 Jun 2025, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5299801.
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Rolex, Reference 16753 GMT Master ‘Root Beer’ | Retailed by Tiffany & Co.: A stainless steel and yellow gold automatic dual time wristwatch with date, bracelet, and nipple dial, Circa 1986. Sotheby's, 10 Jun 2025, lot 38. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5299801.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolex | Untitled | $30,480 | Phillips, Oct 2025 | |
| Rolex | 'Oyster Perpetual Turquoise' stainless steel wristwatch, Ref | Rago, Jun 2022 | ||
| Rolex | Retailed by Serpico y Laino: Daytona, Reference 6239 | A sta | Sotheby's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Rolex | Day-Date, Reference 18026 A platinum wristwatch with day, da | Sotheby's, Nov 2022 | ||
| Rolex | Day-Date, reference 118346 Montre bracelet en platine sertie | Sotheby's, Mar 2023 | ||
| Rolex | 'Submariner'' gold wristwatch, Ref. 16618LN | Wright, Nov 2022 | ||
| Rolex | rolex | 'blue' deepsea seadweller, reference 116660 a stainl | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Rolex | Gold, diamond and ruby ladies' wristwatch, 'Cellini', 1980s | Phillips, May 2026 |
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.