100th Auction

2019/11/15

Lot 87

Rolex "Oyster Perpetual GMT-Master Superlative Chronometer officially certified", Movement No. O 786296, Case No. 7023263, Ref. 16750, Cal. 3075, 40 mm, circa 1981
An automatic wristwatch with "Pepsi" bezel, 24h indicator, centre seconds and date, sold on August 30th, 1983 - "Full Set" with original box, operating instructions and original punched certificate. This is one of the earliest GMT masters, reference 16750
Case: steel, screw back ref. 16750, turnable bezel with 24h indicator, screwed "Twinlock" winding crown, large steel "jubilee" bracelet ref. 62510H with endlinks stamped 555, clasp B, bracelet length 155 mm, total length 195 mm. Dial: matte black, luminous Mercedes hands.
A rare "full set" with a lovely, patinated dial and charmingly aged, cognac-coloured luminous indexes.
The Rolex GMT-Master reference 16750 was produced from 1981 and 1988. The successor of reference 1675, it was fitted with a quick-setting date function, which required a change in the arrangement of the hands: instead of 24-hour hand, hour, minute and seconds, the sequence was now hour, 24-hour hand, minute and seconds. Models such as this one with matte black dial and luminous indexes without white-gold edging are hard to find.

estimated
20.00030.000 €
Price realized
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