99th Auction
2019/5/11
Lot 260
Rolex "Oyster Perpetual Date GMT-Master Superlative Chronometer officially certified", Movement No. 7436638, Case No. T389094, Ref. 16700, Cal. 3175, 40 mm, circa 1996
An automatic wristwatch with 24h indicator and date, sold on October 10th, 1997 - with punched original certificate
Case: steel, screw back ref. 16700, screwed "Twinlock" winding crown, steel "Oyster" bracelet ref. 93150 with endlinks stamped 501B, clasp S X5, bracelet length 130 mm, total length 190 mm. Dial: black, original hands with slight hairlines in the luminous material.
After the introduction of the Rolex GMT Master II, the company surprised their customers with another, improved model of the original GMT Master.
One of those is this GMT Master ref. 16700, which was produced in a small series only. The model used the updated calibre 3175, which is identical to the previous calibre 3075 and the additional 24-hour hand that is linked to the 12-hour hand. At first the bezel was only available with the popular "Pepsi" colour combination, a small number of timepieces with black bezels were delivered later.
An automatic wristwatch with 24h indicator and date, sold on October 10th, 1997 - with punched original certificate
Case: steel, screw back ref. 16700, screwed "Twinlock" winding crown, steel "Oyster" bracelet ref. 93150 with endlinks stamped 501B, clasp S X5, bracelet length 130 mm, total length 190 mm. Dial: black, original hands with slight hairlines in the luminous material.
After the introduction of the Rolex GMT Master II, the company surprised their customers with another, improved model of the original GMT Master.
One of those is this GMT Master ref. 16700, which was produced in a small series only. The model used the updated calibre 3175, which is identical to the previous calibre 3075 and the additional 24-hour hand that is linked to the 12-hour hand. At first the bezel was only available with the popular "Pepsi" colour combination, a small number of timepieces with black bezels were delivered later.
Sold
estimated
6.500—8.500 €
Price realized
8.300 €