Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 16518
Range published · moderate confidence
Worth about $25,200 pre-owned, with box and papers
- With box and papers
- $16,400–$34,100
- Watch only (about)
- $14,200–$29,400
Private-sale level for a pre-owned watch with box and papers, from recent eBay and auction results, weighted toward the newest; newest sale October 7, 2026.
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Moderate confidence: 22 sold results in the last 24 months (13 on eBay and 9 at auction), 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
30 sold results since Nov 25, 2023, newest first
- eBay sold
- $28,500 median5 sales, last 12 months
- Auction sold
- $24,900 median4 sales, last 12 months
Individual sale results behind our data, from eBay and auction houses. Each watch differs in condition and set.
- Oct 7, 2026≈ approximately $25,752USD, converted from EUR 23,040 at the ECB rate of Oct 7, 2026
- Oct 5, 2026$28,500
- Aug 28, 2026$35,500
- Jul 26, 2026$18,900
- Dec 10, 2025$29,451
- Dec 1, 2025$20,000
- Nov 20, 2025≈ approximately $24,883USD, converted from GBP 19,050 at the ECB rate of Nov 20, 2025
- Nov 9, 2025≈ approximately $24,830USD, converted from CHF 20,000 at the ECB rate of Nov 7, 2025
- Nov 8, 2025≈ approximately $22,428USD, converted from EUR 19,400 at the ECB rate of Nov 7, 2025
- Oct 22, 2025≈ approximately $27,864USD, converted from SEK 262,500 at the ECB rate of Oct 22, 2025
- Oct 1, 2025≈ approximately $23,823USD, converted from EUR 20,320 at the ECB rate of Oct 1, 2025
- Aug 13, 2025$23,913
- Jul 23, 2025$10,500
- Jul 22, 2025$12,500
- Jul 7, 2025≈ approximately $22,311USD, converted from EUR 19,024 at the ECB rate of Jul 7, 2025
- Jun 1, 2025$20,700
- May 10, 2025≈ approximately $23,967USD, converted from EUR 21,300 at the ECB rate of May 9, 2025
- Apr 27, 2025$28,356
- Apr 22, 2025$20,000
- Apr 7, 2025$21,100
- Jan 2, 2025$18,226
- Dec 29, 2024$22,500
- Nov 12, 2024≈ approximately $21,792USD, converted from CHF 19,200 at the ECB rate of Nov 12, 2024
- Oct 19, 2024≈ approximately $24,406USD, converted from EUR 22,500 at the ECB rate of Oct 18, 2024
- Sep 1, 2024$21,000
- Jul 8, 2024≈ approximately $22,745USD, converted from EUR 20,992 at the ECB rate of Jul 8, 2024
- Jul 4, 2024$29,326
- Jun 1, 2024$21,993
- Mar 28, 2024≈ approximately $27,460USD, converted from EUR 25,400 at the ECB rate of Mar 28, 2024
- Nov 25, 2023≈ approximately $22,451USD, converted from HKD 175,000 at the ECB rate of Nov 24, 2023
Forum rows are posts on Reddit r/Watchexchange, RolexForums and WatchUSeek that the seller marked sold. The amount is the listed price when marked sold, not a confirmed sale price, and forum rows do not feed our price.
Price by condition
Not enough results with a recorded condition to split the range yet. The range above covers all 22 sold prices from 22 sales.
Price history
Show price history as a table
| Month | Median | Observations |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 2025 | $21,100 | 3 |
| Jul 2025 | $12,500 | 3 |
| Oct 2025 | $25,800 | 2 |
| Nov 2025 | $24,800 | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | $24,700 | 2 |
| Oct 2026 | $27,100 | 2 |
Cosmograph Daytona 16518 price history over the years
- Auction sold, quarterly, 36 sales
- eBay sold (from 2025), quarterly, 16 sales
Show long-range history as a table
| Quarter | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2020 | $16,900 | 3 |
| Q2 2022 | $30,300 | 3 |
| Q4 2025 | $24,800 | 5 |
| Quarter | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | $20,900 | 4 |
| Q3 2025 | $12,500 | 3 |
About the Cosmograph Daytona 16518
The Rolex Cosmograph Daytona 16518 is a reference in the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona collection. From our catalog: a case in 18k yellow gold; bezel: Polished 18k yellow gold bezel with engraved tachymeter scale; movement: Rolex calibre 4030 (automatic, based on Zenith El Primero). 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
We count 22 transactions toward its estimate, 13 eBay sales and 9 auction results; the earliest entry shown is from November 2023, the latest from October 2026. The busiest month in that list was November 2025, with 3 sales. Hammer results come from Sotheby's, Lyon & Turnbull and Antiquorum. It carries a moderate-confidence label: the range is a sound guide, but a single sale can still land outside it. The last recorded result is 19 days old, recent enough to anchor the figure. A volatility label needs more sales in the last 90 days than it has. A fair price for the 16518 can sit anywhere from about 35% below to 35% above the midpoint. Because it changes hands rarely, a sale still counts for half after 180 days.
Compared with the previous year, prices for the 16518 are 14.2% higher on the median. We hold sales for it back to September 1999; a long-run summary needs at least five years of record. By channel, eBay sales come in about 14% above auction results for this reference (5 eBay sales against 4 auction results). Part of any gap is the buyer's premium inside auction prices.
Our measured gap between a bare watch and a complete set is about 14% for this family, drawn from 5 sales without the paperwork. Paperwork varied: 7 complete, 1 bare, 3 incomplete. At the bottom of the list is a sale from July 23, 2025, on eBay, set not stated, about 58% below the worth-about figure; at the top, August 28, 2026, on eBay, set not stated, about 41% above the worth-about figure.
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