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Rolex
Ref. 16610
Submariner
A well-preserved and attractive stainless steel diver’s wristwatch with date, bracelet, guarantee, and presentation box
- Estimate
- $6,000 - 12,000
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1995
- Reference No
- 16610
- Movement No
- 7’064’054
- Case No
- W277’844
- Model Name
- Submariner
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 3135, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet stamped 93150, end links stamped 501B, max overall length 200mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel Rolex deployant clasp stamped W4 and 93150
- Dimensions
- 40mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement, and clasp signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by a Rolex guarantee dated August 1, 1995, later green fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Catalogue Essay
--Introduced in 1989, the Rolex Submariner reference 16610 marked a new milestone for the brand as it was considered by collectors as the first “modern” Submariner model featuring the new caliber 3135. One of the firm’s longest serving movements known for its robustness and COSC certified standards, the caliber has since been featured in many other models. Over its course of production from 1989 to 2010, the reference was produced in a total of three generations of dials with early examples filled with Tritium, then Luminova, and later examples with Super-Luminova.
--The present example Rolex Submariner ref. 16610 with a W serial from circa 1995 belongs to the early generation of the reference featuring a “SWISS-T<25” dial filled with tritium. The present lot is offered in excellent overall condition and complete with its original guarantee and presentation box.
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.