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How much is a Rolex Submariner Date 16800 worth?

A Rolex Submariner Date 16800 (1980-1989) actually sells for €6,650: that is the central price of 11 closed sales at European auctions between 21 October 2025 and 6 September 2026, and half of them closed between €6,468 and €7,700. Another 13 lots closed without a buyer because the bid didn't reach the seller's reserve. The 2 sold inside the European Union closed at a median of €7,467; the 2 from outside, at €6,501 before duty and VAT. Below, every sale with its date, price and link.

Rolex · reference: 16800 by reference
Usual sale price€6,650

From 11 closed sales between 21 Oct and 6 Sep: half sold for more and half for less.

The middle 50%€6,468 – €7,700

Half of the sales closed within this range. Extremes: €5,850 and €8,500.

Unsold13 / 24

Lots that closed without reaching the seller's reserve: demand didn't meet the price. Catawiki's experts estimated €9,000 – €9,900 on average (2 lots).

Sellers in the EU: 2 sales, usual price €7,467Outside the EU (JP 2): 2 sales, usual price €6,501 → with duty and import VAT, about €8,220 landed in SpainSeller's country known for 4 of 11 sales; the rest is being filled in. The import surcharge is 4.5% duty plus 21% VAT on the total.
€4,000€5,000€6,000€7,000€8,000€9,000€10,00020 Oct10 Jan2 Apr23 Jun13 Septempuseuropa.com€6,7516 Sep · sold for €6,501 · Rolex - Submariner Date 'Triple 0 - Sin precio de reserva - 168000 - Hombre - 1930 Aug · sold for €6,500 · Rolex - Submariner Date - Sin precio de reserva - 16800 - Hombre - 19859 Aug · sold for €7,000 · Rolex - Submariner Date - Sin precio de reserva - 16800 - Hombre - 19853 Aug · sold for €7,900 · Rolex - Submariner Date - 16800 - Hombre - 1980-198912 Jul · sold for €6,650 · Rolex - Submariner - Sin precio de reserva - 16800 - Hombre - 1980-198912 Jul · sold for €7,500 · Rolex - Submariner Date - Sin precio de reserva - 16800 - Unisex - 1980-198911 Jul · sold for €6,350 · Rolex - Submariner Date - 16800 - Hombre - 198528 Jun · sold for €8,500 · Rolex - Submariner Date - Sin precio de reserva - 168000 - Hombre - 199027 Jun · sold for €5,850 · Rolex - Submariner Date - 16800 - Hombre - 19858 Mar · sold for €6,435 · ROLEX, Oyster Perpetual, Date, Submariner (1000ft=300m, Swiss-T<25), Chronometer21 Oct · sold for €8,499 · ROLEX, Oyster Perpetual, Date, Submariner (1000ft=300m - Swiss-T<25), Chronomete10 Sep · unsold, highest bid €9,792 · Rolex - Submariner Date Matte Tritium Dial with Cream Patina - 16800 - Hombre - 3 Sep · unsold, highest bid €8,401 · Rolex - Submariner Date Matte Tritium Dial with Cream Patina - 16800 - Hombre - 30 Aug · unsold, highest bid €6,650 · Rolex - Submariner Date - 16800 - Hombre - 1980-198919 Aug · unsold, highest bid €9,000 · Rolex - Submariner - 16800 - Hombre - 198316 Aug · unsold, highest bid €6,500 · Rolex - Submariner Date 'Triple 0 - 168000 - Hombre - 1980-198929 Jul · unsold, highest bid €6,050 · Rolex - Submariner Date 'Triple 0 - 168000 - Hombre - 1980-198924 Jul · unsold, highest bid €4,925 · Rolex - Submariner Date - 16800 - Hombre - 198517 Jul · unsold, highest bid €5,600 · Rolex - Submariner Date 'Triple 0 - 168000 - Hombre - 1980-19899 Jul · unsold, highest bid €7,150 · Rolex - Submariner Date - 16800 - Hombre - 1980-19895 Jul · unsold, highest bid €5,750 · Rolex - Submariner Date 'Triple 0 - 168000 - Hombre - 1980-198920 Jun · unsold, highest bid €6,657 · Rolex - Submariner Date 'Triple 0 - 168000 - Hombre - 1980-198913 Jun · unsold, highest bid €5,500 · Rolex - Submariner Date - 16800 - Hombre - 1985tempuseuropa.com
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Latest sales

Hammer price, without the buyer's premium. The figures above use all 11 sales; these are the most recent.

ClosedWatchSold for
6 Sep JPSubmariner Date 'Triple 0no reserveRef. 168000 · 1980-1989 · Muy bienExpert estimate: €10,000 – €11,000 €6,501 CatawikiView →
30 Aug JPSubmariner Dateno reserveRef. 16800 · 1985 · AceptableExpert estimate: €8,000 – €8,800 €6,500 CatawikiView →
9 Aug Submariner Dateno reserveRef. 16800 · 1985 €7,000 CatawikiView →
3 Aug Submariner DateRef. 16800 · 1980-1989 €7,900 CatawikiView →
12 Jul Submarinerno reserveRef. 16800 · 1980-1989 €6,650 CatawikiView →
12 Jul Submariner Dateno reserveRef. 16800 · 1980-1989 €7,500 CatawikiView →
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11 Jul Submariner DateRef. 16800 · 1985 €6,350 CatawikiView →
28 Jun Submariner Dateno reserveRef. 168000 · 1990 €8,500 CatawikiView →
27 Jun Submariner DateRef. 16800 · 1985 €5,850 CatawikiView →
8 Mar SEROLEX, Oyster Perpetual, Date, Submariner (1000ft=300m, Swiss-T<25),…Ref. 16800 · 1985Expert estimate: €7,482 – —Hammer kr60,000 at Stockholms Auktionsverk Magasin 5 (+25% premium); above, the Catawiki equivalent €6,435 AuctionetView →
21 Oct SESwiss-T<25), Chronometer, wristwatch, 40 mm, steel, circa 1983.Ref. 16800 · 1983Expert estimate: €7,316 – —Hammer kr81,034 at Stockholms Auktionsverk Fine Art (+25% premium); above, the Catawiki equivalent €8,499 AuctionetView →
13 lots closed unsoldThe highest bid didn't reach the seller's reserve: it shows how far demand went.
10 Sep Submariner Date Matte Tritium Dial with Cream PatinaRef. 16800 · 1983 up to €9,792 CatawikiView →
3 Sep Submariner Date Matte Tritium Dial with Cream PatinaRef. 16800 · 1983 up to €8,401 CatawikiView →
30 Aug Submariner DateRef. 16800 · 1980-1989 up to €6,650 CatawikiView →
27 Aug SubmarinerRef. 16800 · 1983 up to €10,800 CatawikiView →
19 Aug SubmarinerRef. 16800 · 1983 up to €9,000 CatawikiView →
16 Aug Submariner Date 'Triple 0Ref. 168000 · 1980-1989 up to €6,500 CatawikiView →
29 Jul Submariner Date 'Triple 0Ref. 168000 · 1980-1989 up to €6,050 CatawikiView →
24 Jul Submariner DateRef. 16800 · 1985 up to €4,925 CatawikiView →
17 Jul Submariner Date 'Triple 0Ref. 168000 · 1980-1989 up to €5,600 CatawikiView →
9 Jul Submariner DateRef. 16800 · 1980-1989 up to €7,150 CatawikiView →

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Where the data comes from and how it is calculated

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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