Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po...

Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

LOT 282

Ref. 16753 Steel & Gold GMT-Master Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, GMT-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified,? case No. 8940799, Ref. 16753/16750. Made 1985. Very fine, two time zone, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date, special gold and black 24-hour bezel and hand and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a Rolex box.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bidirectional revolving bezel for the second 24-hour time-zone, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Black with luminous yellow gold round, baton and triangular indexes, outer minute/ seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold skeleton hands. M. Cal. 3075, rhodium-plated, oeil de perdrix decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.