I thought Rolex was much more expensive..
A little hard for me to believe, paramedics are the good guys/gals. On the other hand, I can easily believe it was swiped from the hotel room.
They are if you get the gold and diamond encrusted ones.
Maybe it was a subsubmariner.
Must have been used. Mine cost $15K! LOL!
I think it was a Submariner Date, 16610LV (the anniversary edition with the green bezel insert). That’s closer to $ 7,500 on the pre-owned Rolex market
Most are, but not by much. Despite what the average Joe thinks about Rolex watches, they are at the low end of the "luxury" watch market. Now, you can pay $40-50k for certain models, but a lot of their stuff is less than $15k, and you can get a new Rolex for $6k. You can easily spend $200K for a watch if you want. For the most part, Rolex doesn't play in that league.
On the other hand, if you're travelling, pretty much no matter where you are in the world, if the rotating oscillator is being splattered with excrement, you can pretty much guarantee that a Rolex watch will be accepted for a plane ticket to civilization. It's recognised world wide as being a pretty liquid and valuable commodity. Such things have uses beyond mere timekeeping.
They can be astronomical, but, at 3k, the ‘Submariner’ is at the ‘low end.’