871
Rolex
Ref. 16220
DateJust
A stainless steel wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date and bracelet, made for the United Arab Emirates
- Estimate
- HK$30,000 - 50,000€3,600 - 6,000$3,800 - 6,400
HK$72,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1993
- Reference No
- 16220
- Case No
- S530088
- Model Name
- DateJust
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, 3135, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex Jubilee</em> bracelet, 186 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex </em>folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 36 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex </em>sales tags, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present watch is made to special order for the United Arab Emirates and the watch features the emblem of the U.A.E. military stamped to the centre of the dial. What further distinguishes the present example is that is offered in like new condition.
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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