Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 363

ROLEX REF. 16710 STEEL GMT MASTER II RETAILED BY TIFFANY & CO. Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date GMT Master II, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. R792402, Ref. 16710. Made in 1987. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, two time zone, stainless steel wristwatch with black/red 24-hour bezel and hand, independently adjustable 12-hour hand and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a rolex box, warrantee paper (now void), instruction booklets, booklets and hung tag.

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving steel bezel with red and blue insert for the second time zone in 24 hours, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Black with applied luminous steel triangular, round and baton indexes, outer minute track, aperture for the date. Luminous steel skeleton hands. Cal. 3185, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.