Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 10, 2013

LOT 126

ROLEX GMT-MASTER REF 16700 Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual Date, GMT-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified', Ref. 16700, Case No. U677697. Made in 1998. Fine, two time zone, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, revolving black 24-hour bezel and a stainless steel Oyster Fliplock bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box, guarantee, additional links, papers and hang tags.

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the second 24-hour time-zone, sapphire crystal with Cyclops lens. Black with applied luminous steel round, baton and triangular indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous steel skeleton hands and a luminous red 24-hour arrow hand. Cal. 3175, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line 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.