The Oyster Perpetual 26 in pink, with the 3-6-9 dial.

The Oyster Perpetual is the Rolex with nothing added: the Oyster case, the Perpetual rotor, a smooth bezel, no date, a Superlative Chronometer inside. Rolex makes it in 28, 31, 34, 36 and 41mm, and pre-owned it is the least expensive way to a Rolex that says Oyster Perpetual on the dial, which is why the small sizes on this page cost what a Datejust does.

The 176200 was the 26mm Oyster Perpetual from 2008 to 2015, the last of the 26s before the 28mm 276200 replaced it, with the calibre 2231 and a case that had grown a little heavier than the 76080 before it. The pink 3-6-9 dial is the same Explorer-style face as the 24mm on this page, two millimetres bigger, which on a small watch is a visible difference. WGACA gives the reference in the title; box and papers are not stated.

WGACA gives the reference as 176200, the size as 26mm, the metal as steel, the dial as pink 3-6-9, the clasp as Oyster and the condition as Excellent with minor scratching. It does not state box, papers or year. The smooth bezel and Oyster bracelet are from the photograph; the calibre 2231, chronometer rating, reserve and 100 metres are Rolex’s published figures for the 176200.

WGACA authenticates in-house and is not a Rolex authorised dealer, and Amazon adds its 30-day return window. Ask for the serial, whether box or papers come with it, and when it was last serviced. Nothing here was measured on the watch.

This unit is sold by What Goes Around Comes Around (WGACA) through Amazon Luxury Stores, authenticated by the seller with Amazon’s 30-day return window on top; it is one piece, and when it sells the listing goes away, so the second button opens the live search for 26mm Oyster Perpetuals.

Steel and two-tone Lady-Datejusts have resold close to what pre-owned buyers paid, sometimes more, sometimes less; that is a pattern, not a promise, and nothing here is investment advice.