Real sales · discontinued reference
A Rolex Datejust 16030 (1980-1989) actually sells for €4,000: that is the central price of 12 closed sales at European auctions between 13 November 2021 and 30 August 2026, and half of them closed between €3,723 and €4,661. Another 39 lots closed without a buyer because the bid didn't reach the seller's reserve. Below, every sale with its date, price and link.
From 12 closed sales between 13 Nov and 30 Aug: half sold for more and half for less.
Half of the sales closed within this range. Extremes: €3,361 and €5,275.
Lots that closed without reaching the seller's reserve: demand didn't meet the price. Catawiki's experts estimated €4,552 – €5,058 on average (3 lots).
Hammer price, without the buyer's premium. The figures above use all 12 sales; these are the most recent.
| Closed | Watch | Sold for | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Aug | DatejustRef. 16030 · 1980-1989 · BienExpert estimate: €5,400 – €6,000 |
€5,200 | CatawikiView → |
| 7 Aug | DatejustRef. 16030 · 1980-1989 | €3,550 | CatawikiView → |
| 10 Jul | Oyster Perpetual DatejustRef. 16030 · 1980-1989 | €3,651 | CatawikiView → |
| 5 Jul | ARMBANDSUR, Rolex, Datejust, stål, automatisk, ca 1981.Ref. 16030 · 1981 · box · papersExpert estimate: €4,079 – —Hammer kr44,648 at Göteborgs Auktionsverk (+25% premium); above, the Catawiki equivalent |
€4,641 | AuctionetView → |
| 2 Jul | Oyster Perpetual DatejustRef. 16030 · 1980-1989 | €4,500 | CatawikiView → |
| 22 Jun | Datejust 36 Gold Dial Stick IndexRef. 16030 (sg.146) · 1980-1989 | €3,800 | CatawikiView → |
| 20 Jun | DatejustRef. 16030 · 1980-1989 | €4,000 | CatawikiView → |
| 13 Jun | DatejustRef. 16030 · 1980-1989 | €4,000 | CatawikiView → |
| 7 Jun | DatejustRef. 16030 · 1980-1989 | €3,361 | CatawikiView → |
| 22 May | ROLEX, Oyster Perpetual, Datejust (T Swiss Made T), Chronometer, wri…Ref. 16030 · 1987 · boxExpert estimate: €4,140 – €4,600Hammer kr50,000 at Stockholms Auktionsverk Fine Art (+25% premium); above, the Catawiki equivalent |
€5,275 | AuctionetView → |
| 21 Oct | ROLEX, Oyster Perpetual Datejust (T Swiss T), Chronometer, wristwatc…Ref. 16030 · 1984 · boxExpert estimate: €4,115 – €4,573Hammer kr45,000 at Stockholms Auktionsverk Fine Art (+25% premium); above, the Catawiki equivalent |
€4,720 | AuctionetView → |
| 13 Nov | Oyster Perpetual DatejustRef. 16030 · 1981Hammer £2,800 at Watches of Knightsbridge (+26.4% premium); above, the Catawiki equivalent |
€3,747 | KnightsbridgeView → |
| 7 Sep | Datejust Oyster Perpetual Enamel DialRef. 16030 · 1988 | up to €4,695 | CatawikiView → |
| 1 Sep | Datejust Oyster Perpetual Enamel DialRef. 16030 · 1988 | up to €3,600 | CatawikiView → |
| 28 Aug | Oyster Perpetual DatejustRef. 16030 · 1980-1989 | up to €3,675 | CatawikiView → |
| 27 Aug | DatejustRef. 16030 · 1980-1989 | up to €3,600 | CatawikiView → |
| 27 Aug | Oyster Perpetual DatejustRef. 16030 · 1985 | up to €4,600 | CatawikiView → |
| 22 Aug | DatejustRef. 16030 · 1980-1989 | up to €4,500 | CatawikiView → |
| 21 Aug | Datejust 36 Silver Tapestry DialRef. 16030 · 1980-1989 | up to €4,451 | CatawikiView → |
| 21 Aug | DatejustRef. 16030 · 1982 | up to €3,000 | CatawikiView → |
| 17 Aug | DatejustRef. 16030 · 1980-1989 | up to €4,000 | CatawikiView → |
| 14 Aug | DatejustRef. 16030 · 1982 | up to €3,800 | CatawikiView → |
4 open listings of this watch. On Catawiki, the bid at the last reading; on eBay, the seller's asking price.
A single email at 10 pm (Madrid time) with what has sold of this watch and the lots closing within 48 hours. Only when there's something new.
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Go to How much is my watch worth?Where the data comes from. From Catawiki's watch auctions — an automatic census notes every lot closing each day and, at close, records the final price and whether there was a buyer; a lot that closed without a buyer is a sale that didn't happen, because the bid didn't reach the seller's reserve.
The auction houses. Since September 2026 the public hammer prices of Fellows and Watches of Knightsbridge (Birmingham and London) and of the Nordic and German houses on Auctionet are included too. Each charges the buyer a different premium (Fellows 30%, Knightsbridge 26.4%, Auctionet around 25%, Catawiki 9%), and since people bid knowing what they will pay in the end, every hammer price is converted to its Catawiki equivalent for a like-for-like comparison: hammer × (1 + premium) ÷ 1.09, in euros at the European Central Bank rate of the sale day. Each sale shows the original hammer price and the house.
Which price it is. The hammer price: what the buyer bid, without Catawiki's buyer's premium or shipping. To compare with a shop or a listing, add roughly 9%.
How it is calculated. The usual price is the central value of the sales: half closed for more and half for less. It is deliberately not the arithmetic mean: a single odd sale — a gold model among steel ones — would skew the mean, and this calculation is unaffected.
What it is not. An appraisal. Two watches with the same reference can be worth twice as much as each other depending on condition, whether they keep box and papers, and whether they are original. Look at the sales one by one before deciding.
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