1061
Rolex
Ref. 16800
Submariner
A fine and rare stainless steel wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, bracelet, original guarantee and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$48,000 - 64,000€5,600 - 7,500$6,000 - 7,500
HK$81,250
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1984
- Reference No
- 16800
- Movement No
- 0'910'175
- Case No
- 8'034'649
- Model Name
- Submariner
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, 3035, 27 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex Oyster</em> bracelet, 175 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex </em>twinlock folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 40 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex</em> undated Official Chronometer Certification, product literature, sales tags, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
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Catalogue Essay
Towards the end of the 1970s, Rolex started updating their watches that feature a date function. They designed quick date change through the crown and the present watch was the first Submariner to be fitted with this quick date feature. The reference 16800 was also fitted with a sapphire crystal and given a new depth rating of 1000 ft. This present lot is further distinguished by its pristine state of preservation and the presence of all original accessories.
Rolex
Swiss | 1905Founded 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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