The Mondani Collection of Rolex Wrist...

Geneva, May 14, 2006

LOT 220

Ref. 16700 Stainless Steel ?GMT-Master? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, GMT-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, Ref. 16700. Case No. X784298. Made in 1993. Fine, two-time zones, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date, special black 24- hour bezel and hand and a stainless steel Oyster ?Flip-lock? bracelet. Accompanied by the original guarantee (now void).

CHF 4,000 - 6,000

EUR 2,500 - 4,000 / USD 3,000 - 4,700

Sold: CHF 5,900

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. M. Cal. 3175, rhodium plated, "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions under a bridge, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Reference 16700 was produced in stainless steel only, with Jubilee bracelet or Oyster ?Flip-lock?. This watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 334.