97th Auction

2018/5/12

Lot 371

Rolex "Oyster Perpetual Date GMT-Master Superlative Chronometer officially certified", Case No. W752736, Ref. 16700, Cal. 3175, 40 mm, circa 1995
An automatic wristwatch with "Pepsi" bezel, 24h indicator and date - with original box, certificate and operating instructions, sold in Madrid in 1996
Case: steel, screw back ref. 16700, screwed "Twinlock" winding crown, steel "Oyster" bracelet ref. 78360 with endlinks stamped 501B. Dial: black, white gold indexes, luminous Mercedes hands (relumed).
After the introduction of the Rolex GMT Master II, the company surprised their customers with another, improved model of the original GMT Master.
One of those is this GMT Master ref. 16700, which was produced in a small series only. The model used the updated calibre 3175, which is identical to the previous calibre 3075 and the additional 24-hour hand that is linked to the 12-hour hand. At first the bezel was only available with the popular "Pepsi" colour combination, a small number of timepieces with black bezels were delivered later.

Sold

estimated
8.80012.000 €
Price realized
8.700 €