5,900 CHF
Ref. 16700 Stainless Steel “GMT-Master” Rolex, “Oyster Perpetual, GMT-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified’, Ref. 16700. Case No. X784298. Made in 1993. Fine, two-time zones, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date, special black 24- hour bezel and hand and a stainless steel Oyster “Flip-lock” bracelet. Accompanied by the original guarantee (now void). Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the second 24-hour time-zone, crystal with "cyclops" lens. Black with luminous steel round, baton and triangular indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous coated steel "skeleton" hands. Cal. 3175, rhodium plated, "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions under a bridge, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Notes Reference 16700 was produced in stainless steel only, with Jubilee bracelet or Oyster “Flip-lock”. This watch is illustrated in “Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches”, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 334.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2006-05-14
