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ロレックス 16013 / 16014

Rolex (classic)

Rolex Datejust 36 (steel, engine-turned or white gold fluted bezel) 16013 / 16014

What Japanese dealers are asking for a pre-owned Rolex Datejust 36 (steel, engine-turned or white gold fluted bezel) 16013 / 16014, a model from 1977, and how to buy one in Japan.

Typical asking price in Japan

¥935,000 ≈ US$5,900

Range ¥725,800–¥1,280,000 from 4 dealer listings, including Japan's 10% consumption tax. Checked 2026-11-02.

The steel/white gold 16014 typically asks about 0.7-0.95M yen and the two-tone 16013 around 1.0-1.3M yen, depending on dial and condition.

What it costs to bring home · Example listing 1 · Example listing 2

When was yours made?

Japanese listings often give the serial number or the year. Our Rolex date finder turns it into a production date.

Reading a Japanese listing for this watch

旧ギャラ / 新ギャラ kyū-gyara / shin-gyara
Older paper warranty / newer plastic warranty card.
ルーレット刻印 rūretto kokuin
The ROLEX engraving around the inner dial ring (rehaut), used from the mid-2000s.
穴あり / 穴なし ana ari / ana nashi
With / without drilled lug holes. Rolex stopped drilling them in the 2000s.
トリチウム / ルミノバ torichiumu / ruminoba
Tritium lume (older) / LumiNova or Super-LumiNova (from the late 1990s).
ノンデイト non deito
No-date version of a model.
保証書 / ギャラ hoshōsho / gyara
Warranty card or papers. ギャラ comes from 'guarantee'.
箱・保証書付き (箱保付き) hako hoshōsho tsuki
Comes with the box and papers.
国内正規品 kokunai seiki-hin
First sold by an official dealer in Japan.

More in our guide to Japanese listing terms.

Where to look

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Prices are what Japanese dealers ask on their own websites, not auction or buyback prices. Condition, papers and dial variant can move a price a lot. See all models in the Japan price guide.