Rolex Secondary Market Prices Fall Below Retail on Key Current Models

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. There’s good reason people are prepared to wait months, sometimes years, for the right Rolex. The brand’s most south-after watches have a habit of becoming even more desirable once they leave the boutique, with certain models commanding hefty premiums on the secondary market. But that isn’t the case across the entire Rolex catalogue. In fact, some current models are now worth considerably less secondhand than they cost brand new from Rolex this October, meaning buyers can pick up the same watch for thousands of pounds less. And the discounts aren’t limited to obscure models, either. From professional dive watches to two-tone Datejusts and one of Rolex’s most complicated models, there are some surprisingly expensive watches currently trading below retail. So, if you’re thinking about buying a Rolex this October, it could pay to look beyond the authorised-dealer price tag. Here are six current Rolex watches that you can currently buy for less on the secondary market. The Sea-Dweller is one of Rolex's serious professional watches, built for depths far beyond anything most of us will ever encounter. It is also one of the more expensive steel sports models in the current catalogue, with Rolex pricing the 43mm Ref. 126600 at £12,150. On the secondary market, however, it is currently valued at around £8,75

Bring a Loupe A Calabrese Baladin, A Royce Professional Marine, A Universal Genève Jump Hour Regulator, And A BWC Chronograph Hands-On The Hublot Classic Fusion Tributo Introducing The Porsche Design Chronograph 1 Utility – Limited Edition for Hodinkee That is *a lot* of money for four watches, and it's all going to charity. Tonight in London, four one-of-a-kind Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytonas were auctioned off for a combined total of $49.4M (£37.3M GBP). Rumored at Watches and Wonders this year and confirmed earlier this month , the sale was held in partnership with Phillips, with Aurel Bacs conducting, and was billed by Phillips as Rolex's first charity auction. Proceeds benefit two organizations tied to Rolex Testimonees: the Federer Foundation, founded by Roger Federer, and Re:wild, co-founded by Leonardo DiCaprio, in support of Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative. All four are cased in precious metal, with natural stone dials and gem-setting. The winter Daytona, in platinum with a blue opal dial and lapis lazuli counters, went for $13.2M (£10M GBP). The autumn Daytona, in yellow gold with a mookaite dial and chrysoprase counters, went for $13.5M (£10.2M GBP). The spring Daytona, in white gold with a chrysoprase dial and lepidolite counters, went for $9M (£6.8M GBP), and the summer Daytona, in Everose gold with a turquoise dial and ruby counters, went for $13.65

The discovery of Rolex’s patent filing for an instantaneous annual calendar has made the wait for this year’s launches rather more interesting, but even with the advance notice, the return of the Padellone lands hard. Introduced in 1949, the ref. 8171 was affectionately dubbed the Padellone, which translates to “large frying pan” in Italian. It offered a complete calendar in its simplest form, shortly before the professional watches began arriving in quick succession and established the identity we know today. The brief excursion into complete calendars left it as something of an outlier, and over the decades the ref. 8171 and the oyster-cased ref. 6062 became objects of fascination for collectors. Given that it is a complication thoroughly of its epoch, and one that was not unique to the company, there was little reason to expect a second act. But now it has one, and Rolex has put some serious engineering behind it. The calendar has been upgraded to an instantaneous annual calendar, built on the highly innovative, high-frequency movement launched in the Land-Dweller. Rolex Perpetual Padellone in Everose Gold and alligator strap (©Revolution) The Perpetual Padellone measures 39mm in diameter and 12.2mm thick and is water-resistant to 50m. It comes in two metals – 950 platinum with an ice blue dial, and 18ct Everose gold with an “intense” white dial. The Everose can be had on le