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ROLEX Rare Oyster Perpetual Explorer I "Tropical G
Drouot (aggregator) 
France · listed
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Listing checked 10 h ago.
- Estimate
- USD 16,766EUR 15,000 – USD 29,060EUR 26,000
- First seen
- 13 h ago
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What to bid
Rough bid guideEstimate, not advice. How we judge prices
We could not match this listing to auction results for its exact reference, so there is no bid ladder. Here is a rough guide from what dealers ask for the 18 most similar watches instead.
- The house estimates
- USD 16,766 – 29,060
- If it sells like the rest
- about USD 15,424 hammer
Across the 19,198 auction results we track from 153 houses, watches that sold went for a median 0.92× their low estimate (the middle half 0.75–1.21×); unsold lots are not counted. Estimates are set by the house to draw bidders, so treat this as context, not a valuation.
Bought here, the buyer's premium, shipping, and import VAT and duty to Denmark add about 29% to the hammer. Stop at about USD 4,800 and you pay 20% less than a dealer's USD 7,810: a fair discount for buying without a dealer's warranty or return. A rough guide from the 18 most similar Rolex Explorer listings (USD 7,810 – 11,950), not the same reference; the listing doesn't say steel or gold, so we take the cheaper quarter of what dealers ask.
Before you bidfive checks
- The seller guarantees in writing that the watch is genuine and takes it back if it is not.
- The photos show the case back, clasp, and the serial and reference numbers between the lugs. Ask for them if not.
- You know every fee: the buyer's premium (often 20–25% online), shipping and insurance, and import VAT.
- "New", "polished" and "electronically tested" prove nothing: polished means it has been worked on, and an electronic test checks gold, not a watch.
- Decide your maximum before the sale and don't go above it.
Landed price estimate delivered to Denmark as a private buyer · set yours
- Low estimate
- USD 16,766
- Buyer's premium
- USD 4,694
- Shipping
- USD 89.42
- Landed
- USD 21,549 +28.5%
fees for Drouot (aggregator); no bid yet: computed at the low estimate; premium 28%; premium quoted incl. VAT; shipping ≈ EUR 80 (eu). An estimate from published fee terms, not a quote.
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