Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
LOT 166
ROLEX REF. 16753 GMT-MASTER STEEL & GOLD BROWN DIAL Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, GMT-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 6124074. Made in 1980. Very fine, two time zone, center seconds, self-winding, water- resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Chronometer wristwatch with date, 24-hour bezel and hand and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a service box.
USD 4,500 - 6,500
HKD 35,000 - 50,000 / CHF 4,400 - 6,300
Sold: USD 6,250
Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving gold bezel with brown insert for the second 24-hour time zone, crystal with cyclops lens. Brown with luminous yellow gold round, baton and triangular indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold skeleton hands. 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.
