Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 209

Ref. 16700, Stainless Steel ?GMT-Master? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, GMTMaster, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, Ref. 16700, Case No. U693268. Made in 1998. Fine, two-time zone, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date, revolving black 24-hour bezel and a stainless steel Oyster ?Flip-lock? bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the second 24-hour time-zone, crystal with Cyclops lens. D. Black with luminous steel round, baton and triangular indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous coated steel "skeleton" hands and a luminous red 24-hour ?arrow? hand. M. Cal. 3175, rhodium-plated, "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straightline lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions under a bridge, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm.