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  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: 1981
    Reference No: 16753
    Movement No: 0'615'098
    Case No: 6'341'145
    Model Name: GMT-Master
    Material: 18k yellow gold and stainless steel
    Calibre: Automatic, 3075, 27 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Brown leather strap
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k yellow gold Rolex buckle
    Dimensions: 39 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed

  • Catalogue Essay

    This watch is a very rare variant of the GMT family as it is cased in both stainless steel and yellow gold. Collectors lovingly dub this model the 'Root Beer'. This watch features light 'flaking' to the dial, which the model is known to do over time. This is a natural process due to the paint pigments interacting with the elements. The bezel has furthermore faded to an attractive gold and light brown colour, giving this watch a very unique and charismatic look.

  • Artist Biography

    Rolex

    Swiss • 1905

    Founded in 1905 England by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis as Wilsdorf & Davis, it soon became known as the Rolex Watch Company in 1915, moving its headquarters to Geneva in 1919. Like no other company, the success of the wristwatch can be attributed to many of Rolex's innovations that made them one of the most respected and well-known of all luxury brands. These innovations include their famous "Oyster" case — the world's first water resistant and dustproof watch case, invented in 1926 — and their "Perpetual" — the first reliable self-winding movement for wristwatches launched in 1933. They would form the foundation for Rolex's Datejust and Day-Date, respectively introduced in 1945 and 1956, but also importantly for their sports watches, such as the Explorer, Submariner and GMT-Master launched in the mid-1950s.

    One of its most famous models is the Cosmograph Daytona. Launched in 1963, these chronographs are without any doubt amongst the most iconic and coveted of all collectible wristwatches. Other key collectible models include their most complicated vintage watches, including references 8171 and 6062 with triple calendar and moon phase, "Jean Claude Killy" triple date chronograph models and the Submariner, including early "big-crown" models and military-issued variants.

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Lot offered with No Reserve

Ref. 16753
A stainless steel and yellow gold dual time wristwatch with sweep centre seconds and date

1981
39 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for HK$56,250

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: TWO

Hong Kong Auction 31 May 2016