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Cellini · 2014 to 2023 · Discontinued

Rolex Cellini Dual Time 50529

“Dual Time”

–NOT RATED
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Grade not rated: too few recorded sales to grade it honestlyToday's call · Not enough data

Not ranked: too few recorded sales

US retail (2020)$19,400
Market today (estimate)$8,500–11,000
Vs retail-50%
1-yearn/a

Market range is an estimate from dealer and auction pricing: too few recorded eBay sales to set it.

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Market price history

201620182020202220242026 $9,500

Average market price for an example in excellent condition. Dashed line marks the us retail (2020).

Investment scorecard

Momentum50Measured price direction: the median recorded sale of the last 4 months against the median of 8 to 12 months ago. 50 means flat; small samples are pulled toward 50.
Liquidity12How easily it sells: recorded sales in the last 12 months (300 or more scores 100) and eBay's 90-day sell-through rate.
Scarcity35Demand against supply. For modern pieces, how far the market sits above or below current retail, plus a lift if production has ended. For vintage, how rarely one comes up for sale.
Value entry50Where the latest quarter's median sale sits inside its own 3-year range. Buying near the low scores high; buying at the high scores low.
Condition safety60How safe a typical example is: the age of the design, plus how tightly sale prices cluster (a wide spread means condition and originality swing the price).

The story

Rolex's dress line nobody asked for. A beautifully made dual-time in solid gold that retailed at $19,400 and now trades around half that, because buyers who want a Rolex want an Oyster case.

The entire Cellini family was killed in 2023 and replaced by the 1908. Discontinuation rescued some watches; it has not rescued this one.

The Dual Time adds a second time zone on a subdial with its own day-night indicator, guilloché centers, and fine guilloché finishing. Nobody noticed, because it said Cellini and not Submariner.

Rolex collectors are slowly reframing the Cellini years as 'the weird beautiful dead end', and dead ends with this much metal and craft for under half retail tend to find their cult eventually. You're early or you're wrong, and at these prices early is cheap.

Our verdict: A lovely watch to own at about half its $19,400 retail, a poor one to have bought new. Buy only if you love it and expect nothing back.

Configurations

Sizes39mm
Case & bracelet18k white or Everose gold
Factory braceletLeather strap
Factory bezelsDomed and fluted 18k white or Everose gold
Notable dialsSilver guilloché; Black; Brown (Everose)
Caliber3180
Production2014 to 2023 (discontinued)

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