METAS-certified watches have passed the Master Chronometer testing program run by METAS, the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology. The entire watch, including the movement, is tested over ten days and subjected to a ten-day test during which its accu...
A stainless steel Rolex Submariner retails for over $10,050 at authorized dealers. On the pre-owned market, Bob’s Watches reports sales figures ranging from approximately $9,900 for discontinued steel models to a median of $16,195 for the curre...
The best Rolex watches for a wedding gift are the Datejust 36, the Lady-Datejust, and the Day-Date, classics that work on the wedding day and every day after. Based on completed Bob’s Watches transactions through September 2026, a Datejust 36 c...
The pre-owned Rolex watch market held steady through the third quarter of 2026, with an average sale price of $15,491 across all transactions at Bob’s Watches, up slightly from $15,273 in Q2. In a notable shift, the Rolex Datejust 36 overtook t...
Rolex Certified Pre-Owned buys you three things: authentication by Rolex itself, a new two-year international guarantee, and the boutique experience, at a price each retailer sets. An established independent dealer buys you its own authentication and...
The Rolex Oyster Perpetual 41 ref. 134300 isn’t a mechanical replacement for the ref. 124300. It’s more of a refinement, a familiar watch Rolex quietly reworked around the edges. The basics haven’t changed. Both references measure 4...
The most suitable military watches can be divided into two clear groups: on the one hand, there are durable, inexpensive quartz watches actually worn by service personnel on duty, with the Casio G-Shock leading this group; and on the other hand, ther...
The Rolex 1908 is the best dress watch Rolex has made in decades. At 39mm and 9.5mm thick, it finally gives the crown a dress watch people actually want, though the smart money buys it pre-owned.Key takeaways:This one succeeds where the Cellini never...
The Cartier Santos stands out as a luxury sports watch that looks just as good with a suit as it does by the pool. On the pre-owned market, it’s especially appealing. From January to September 2026, completed sales at Bob’s Watches show the mod...
Marking the single largest consignment ever made to a charity auction, the Phillips sale of four one-of-a-kind Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona watches in London on September 28, 2026, raised a combined $49.5 million for two charities. The S...
The Dalai Lama reportedly owned an original. Grammy-winning singer and Rolex Testimonee Michael Bublé has already been photographed wearing the new version. The Rolex Padellone, one of the Swiss watchmaker’s rarest and most unusual pieces, debu...
The 8 best dive watches of 2026 are the Tudor Pelagos FXD, Oris Aquis Calibre 400, Grand Seiko Evolution 9 Diver, OMEGA Seamaster 300M, Rolex Submariner, Breitling Superocean 42, Tudor Black Bay 58, and Panerai Submersible. For this ranking, I consid...
The Rolex Kermit is the Submariner Date 16610LV: black dial, green aluminum bezel, produced from 2003 to 2010 for the Submariner’s 50th anniversary. It’s also the least expensive way into Rolex’s family of green-bezel Submariners, and, to...
Roger Federer. Leonardo DiCaprio. Four one-of-a-kind Rolex Daytonas. And one of the most impressive environmental initiatives in the world. Rolex watches have been fixtures of the auction world for decades. But Rolex itself has largely stayed on the...
A great television costume can tell you who a character is before they say a word. A watch can do the same thing. The right one can signal wealth, status, taste, ambition, bravado or professionalism—and sometimes reveal the difference between old mon...
I’ve handled a lot of Rolex watches over the years, and if you asked me to name the single most important automatic movement of the modern era, I wouldn’t hesitate: the Rolex 3135 movement. Introduced in 1988, this caliber quietly powered...
The biggest difference between the original Rolex GMT-Master and the GMT-Master II is how their internal movements handle the time zones, allowing the GMT-Master II to track up to three time zones compared to the original’s two.I’ve handled tho...
The biggest difference between the original Rolex GMT-Master and the GMT-Master II is how their internal movements handle the time zones, allowing the GMT-Master II to track up to three time zones compared to the original’s two.I’ve handled tho...
A vintage vs. modern Rolex decision comes down to one question: Are you buying a watch to wear every day, or are you buying a piece of the brand’s history? I’ve handled both sides of this argument for long enough to know the real answer i...
As of September 2026, a select group of Rolex models is selling for less than in 2025, according to Bob’s Watches completed-sale price data, led by the Yacht-Master 40 ref. 16622 (average sale price down 12.5%) and the Oyster Perpetual 36 ref....