Rolex - TOKI: Watch Auction Hong Kong Friday, November 22, 2024 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: Circa 1977
    Reference No: 1675, repeated inside caseback
    Movement No: D153’071
    Case No: 5’105’380
    Model Name: GMT-Master
    Material: Stainless steel and 18K yellow gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 1570, 26 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster bracelet stamped “78363”, endlinks stamped “480 J”, max length 195mm
    Clasp/Buckle: Stainless steel Rolex Oyster deployant clasp stamped “A” and “14”
    Dimensions: 39mm diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Rolex guarantee stamped Rolex Jewelry Iran dated 22nd May 1977, 1977-1978 calendar, green wallet, hang tags, instruction manual, product literature, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present example showcases a remarkably well-preserved case, with thick, beveled lugs that retain their original proportions – a condition that is increasingly difficult to find in today's market. Furthermore, this GMT-Master 1675 is offered complete with its original accessories, including the guarantee from Rolex Iran that sold it to a Japanese client named Mr. Kawamoto in 1977. It is because international travel became more popular amidst the "Japanese Economic Miracle" after the war, as Japan integrated its economy more effectively into the global system and sought to diversify its markets, achieving record high GDPs, that the Japanese were found traveling and buying watches.

  • 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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Property of a Japanese Collector

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Ref. 1675, repeated inside caseback
A well-preserved stainless steel and yellow gold dual-time wristwatch with center seconds, date, bracelet, guarantee and presentation box

Circa 1977
39mm diameter
Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed

Estimate
HK$78,000 - 120,000 
€9,000-13,800
$10,000-15,400

Sold for HK$120,650

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