No Reserve
907
Rolex
Ref. 16014
Datejust
A fine, attractive and well-preserved stainless steel wristwatch with center seconds, date, white gold bezel and bracelet
- Estimate
- HK$16,000 - 32,000•€1,700 - 3,400$2,100 - 4,100
HK$44,100
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1980
- Reference No
- 16014
- Movement No
- 0’508’642
- Case No
- 6’533’991, inside caseback stamped 16000
- Model Name
- Datejust
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 3035, 27 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel Rolex Jubilee bracelet, endlinks stamped “555”, max length 195mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel Rolex Oyster deployant clasp stamped “D”
- Dimensions
- 36mm diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by two hang tags, product literature and green passport holder.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Released in 1977, the Rolex Datejust ref. 16014 features a stainless steel case with a fluted white gold bezel. Powered by the new cal. 3035, the movement was the first to be implemented with a highly practical quickset date function. Discontinued in 1988, the ref. 16000 series was the fourth Datejust reference since its launch in the 1940s.
The present example Rolex Datejust ref. 16014 featuring a silvered dial with baton indexes is certainly a classic. Boasting an unpolished case with its original caseback sticker intact, this present timepiece is a perfect specimen of the short-lived reference.
The present example Rolex Datejust ref. 16014 featuring a silvered dial with baton indexes is certainly a classic. Boasting an unpolished case with its original caseback sticker intact, this present timepiece is a perfect specimen of the short-lived reference.
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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