$15,600
Ref 16758, Gold GMT-Master Rolex, “Oyster Perpetual, GMT-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified”, Ref. 16758/16750. Sold on November 4th, 1986. Very fine and rare, two-time zone, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date, special bronze dial and bronze 24-hour bezel and hand and an 18K yellow gold Jubilee bracelet. Accompanied by its original warranty (now void) and original fitted box. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving bronze bezel for the second 24-hour time-zone, crystal with cyclops lens. Bronze with luminous gold round, baton and triangular indexes, outer minute/ seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous coated steel skeleton hands. Cal. 3075, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung mono-metallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes IInterestingly, while the stainless steel ref. 16750 (Lot 123) and two-tone ref. 16753 (Lot 124) models both retained the familiar acrylic crystal, the solid gold version ref. 16758 featured a synthetic sapphire crystal like those mounted on the new generation of Submariners and Sea-Dweller.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-04-17
