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Rolex Air-King 5501

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Rolex Air-King 5501 with a champagne Air-King Precision dial, fluted yellow gold bezel and steel and gold Jubilee bracelet, a pre-owned example, front view of the whole watchRolex Air-King 5501 with a champagne Air-King Precision dial, fluted yellow gold bezel and steel and gold Jubilee bracelet, a pre-owned example, studio close-up of the case

Range published · moderate confidence

Worth about $3,200 pre-owned, with box and papers

▲31.8% in 12 months

With box and papers
$2,100–$4,350
Watch only (about)
$1,750–$3,650

Private-sale level for a pre-owned watch with box and papers, from recent eBay results, weighted toward the newest; newest sale September 22, 2026.

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Moderate confidence: 33 sold results in the last 24 months (all on eBay), 3 in the last 90 days, weighted toward recent sales (half-life 180 days). Range at least ±35% around the market price. In our walk-forward backtest over the past year, 83% of 8673 later sales fell inside moderate-confidence ranges like this one.

Prices last updated October 26, 2026.

Recent sales

59 sold results since Nov 6, 2023, newest first

eBay sold
$3,050 median22 sales, last 12 months
Auction sold
Too few in the last 12 months

Individual sale results behind our data, from eBay and auction houses. Each watch differs in condition and set.

No forum results in this period.

Price by condition

Not enough results with a recorded condition to split the range yet. The range above covers all 33 sold prices from 33 sales.

Price history

Nov 2024: $3,100 median (2 observations)Dec 2024: $2,250 median (3 observations)Dec 2025: $3,150 median (2 observations)Jan 2026: $3,950 median (2 observations)Mar 2026: $2,400 median (3 observations)May 2026: $3,150 median (6 observations)Jun 2026: $3,250 median (5 observations)Sep 2026: $3,250 median (2 observations)
Monthly median of recorded sold results, before any adjustment for condition or box and papers.
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MonthMedianObservations
Nov 2024$3,1002
Dec 2024$2,2503
Dec 2025$3,1502
Jan 2026$3,9502
Mar 2026$2,4003
May 2026$3,1506
Jun 2026$3,2505
Sep 2026$3,2502

Air-King 5501 price history over the years

  • eBay sold (from 2023), quarterly, 58 sales
Q4 2023, eBay sold: $2,100 median of 3 salesQ1 2024, eBay sold: $3,600 median of 7 salesQ2 2024, eBay sold: $2,300 median of 7 salesQ3 2024, eBay sold: $2,000 median of 7 salesQ4 2024, eBay sold: $2,850 median of 6 salesQ4 2025, eBay sold: $2,500 median of 3 salesQ1 2026, eBay sold: $2,400 median of 5 salesQ2 2026, eBay sold: $3,250 median of 11 salesQ3 2026, eBay sold: $3,250 median of 3 sales
Q4 2025, eBay sold: $2,500 median of 3 salesQ1 2026, eBay sold: $2,400 median of 5 salesQ2 2026, eBay sold: $3,250 median of 11 salesQ3 2026, eBay sold: $3,250 median of 3 sales
Median price per month or quarter. A point needs at least 3 records in its month or quarter; a gap in a line means too few records, and nothing is filled in. Historical context only: these series do not feed the price shown above.
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eBay sold (from 2023), quarterly, 58 sales
QuarterMedianSales
Q4 2023$2,1003
Q1 2024$3,6007
Q2 2024$2,3007
Q3 2024$2,0007
Q4 2024$2,8506
Q4 2025$2,5003
Q1 2026$2,4005
Q2 2026$3,25011
Q3 2026$3,2503

About the Air-King 5501

The Rolex Air-King 5501 is a reference in the Rolex Air-King collection. From our catalog: a 34 mm case in Steel and gold. The specifications below list every fact we have sourced for this reference; anything we could not source is marked as not known.

What the sales say

Behind the headline sit 33 completed sales, every one of them an eBay sale, gathered from November 2023 through September 2026. Sales bunched in May 2026, which alone accounts for 6 of them. The auction side of the record is Gardiner Houlgate. The label is moderate confidence, which suits a reference with a fair, not deep, run of sales. The last recorded result is 34 days old, recent enough to anchor the figure. Recent trading is too sparse to say whether prices are calm or jumpy. From bottom to top, the range spans roughly 34% under to 36% over the middle figure. It trades at a regular pace, and a sale's weight halves every 180 days.

Year on year, the median sale is up 31.8% (22 sales against 11). Its first recorded sale dates from November 2023, so a decade-scale view will have to wait.

Without box and papers, the same 5501 is worth about 16% less on the ratio we measured for its collection (from 30 watch-only sales). Set details where stated: 1 with box and papers, 2 without. The floor of the list (July 27, 2024, on eBay, set not stated) is about 60% below the worth-about figure, and its ceiling (January 18, 2026, on eBay, full set) is about 72% above the worth-about figure.

Nearest in price within the same collection: Air-King 6552 price, Air-King 5500 price and Air-King Date 5700 price.

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