1093
Rolex
Ref. 16718
GMT Master II
A fine and very rare yellow gold dual time wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, bracelet, guarantee and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$160,000 - 320,000€19,300 - 38,500$20,000 - 40,000
HK$350,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1989
- Reference No
- 16718
- Case No
- L253228
- Model Name
- GMT Master II
- Material
- 18k yellow gold
- Calibre
- Automatic
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k yellow gold <em>Rolex Jubilee</em> bracelet, 170 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k yellow gold <em>Rolex </em>concealed folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 40 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex </em>undated Garantie with punched London country code, sales tag, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The all gold GMT Master II reference 16718 was introduced in the late 1980s. The present watch is from the first years of production and has been retained in extraordinary state of preservation. Accompanied with its original guarantee, sales tag and presentation box, the watch is further enhanced with an intriguing monogram to the case back. It is believed the watch is part of an exceedingly small number of watches given as gifts by Hussein bin Talal, the King of Jordan.
Literature
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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