101st Auction
2019/11/16
Lot 316
Rolex "Oyster Perpetual Date GMT-Master Superlative Chronometer officially certified", Movement No. 7541318, Case No. T254282, Ref. 16700, Cal. 3175, 40 mm, circa 1996
An automatic wristwatch with 24h indicator and date, sold on December 23rd, 1996 - with - original box, Rolex leather card holder wallet, original punched certificate, calendar, booklet, original sales receipt and Rolex seal tag
Case: steel, screw back ref. 16700, bidirectional rotating black bezel, screwed "Twinlock" winding crown, steel "Oyster" bracelet ref. 93150 with Oysterlock folding clasp and comfort extension link, endlinks stamped 501B, clasp V6, bracelet length 140 mm, total length 180 mm. Dial: black, luminous Mercedes hands.
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 reference 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.
An automatic wristwatch with 24h indicator and date, sold on December 23rd, 1996 - with - original box, Rolex leather card holder wallet, original punched certificate, calendar, booklet, original sales receipt and Rolex seal tag
Case: steel, screw back ref. 16700, bidirectional rotating black bezel, screwed "Twinlock" winding crown, steel "Oyster" bracelet ref. 93150 with Oysterlock folding clasp and comfort extension link, endlinks stamped 501B, clasp V6, bracelet length 140 mm, total length 180 mm. Dial: black, luminous Mercedes hands.
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 reference 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.
estimated
11.500—13.000 €
Price realized
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