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  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: Circa 1986
    Reference No: 16014, caseback stamped 16000
    Movement No: 1'380'450
    Case No: 8'593'645
    Model Name: Datejust
    Material: Stainless steel and 18K white gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 3035, 27 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Stainless steel Rolex Jubilee braclet stamped "555" to the endlinks, max length 210mm
    Clasp/Buckle: Stainless steel Rolex deployant clasp stamped "H" and "62510 H"
    Dimensions: 36mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and clasp signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Rolex punched Guarantee stamped by Guam retailer Caronel INC and dated April 3, 1986, product literature, green document holder, fitted presentation box and outer packaging

  • Catalogue Essay

    A more luxurious but still very understated sibling of ref. 1601, reference 16014 features a white gold bezel. It was in production throughout the 1970s and 1980s. The present piece is a lovely example of the reference, offered complete of its original Guarantee and box.

  • 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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Ref. 16014, caseback stamped 16000
A fine stainless steel and white gold wristwatch with center seconds, date, bracelet and guarantee

Circa 1986
36mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement and clasp signed

Estimate
HK$20,000 - 30,000 
€2,300-3,400
$2,600-3,800

Sold for HK$37,500

Contact Specialist

Thomas Perazzi
Head of Watches, Asia
thomasperazzi@phillips.com
+852 2318 2001

The Hong Kong Watch Auction: EIGHT

Hong Kong Auction 28 May 2019