Rolex - The Geneva Watch Auction: XX Geneva Saturday, November 9, 2024 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: Circa 1989
    Reference No: 16713
    Case No: N'395'865
    Model Name: GMT-Master II
    Material: Stainless steel and 18K yellow gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 3185, 31 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster bracelet, max length 190 mm.
    Clasp/Buckle: Stainless steel Rolex deployant clasp stamped "P1" and “78.363.18”
    Dimensions: 40mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by punched Rolex guarantee stamped Zurich Watch HK, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    Considered as the quintessential cosmopolitan watch and made for the international traveler and the jet-set crowd, the Rolex GMT Master combines sturdiness with sheer functionality. Originally developed during a time where commercial aviation was steadily gaining international traction, the watch featured a new and useful complication that permitted travellers and pilots to simultaneously tell time at both their “home” and “local” destination. Having undergone several improvements throughout its acclaimed history, the model was succeeded by the GMT Master-II, like the present example, which introduced for the first time a quick-set hour hand that could easily be moved forwards and backwards.

    Sleek and elegant, the present two-tone GMT-Master II reference 16713 was originally introduced in 1989 and demonstrated Rolex’s fresh twist on the classic. Perfectly combining functionality, elegance and edginess, this timepiece can easily be seen on the wrist of a captain in an airport to a boardroom meeting to a late-night dinner date. Cased at 40mm in diameter, the timepiece features bezel, crown and centerlinks in 18k yellow gold, elevating the timepiece to a Gordon Gecko-esque feel.

    Offered with its original set of accessories and punched papers, the present GMT-Master II reference 16713 is certain to transport its wearer back to an age where travelling with a Concorde from New York to London in 2 hours and 59 minutes was very much a reality.

  • Artist Biography

    Rolex

    Swiss • 1905

    Founded 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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Ref. 16713
A fine and attractive two-tone stainless steel and yellow gold dual-time wristwatch with center seconds, date, bracelet, guarantee and presentation box

Circa 1989
40mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed

Estimate
CHF10,000 - 20,000 
€10,600-21,300
$11,600-23,300

Sold for CHF15,240

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The Geneva Watch Auction: XX

Geneva Auction 9 - 10 November 2024