Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 14, 2011

LOT 227

ROLEX - REF. 16758 - GOLD GMT-MASTER Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, GMT-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified,? case No. 8339619, Ref. 16758/16750. Made in 1984. Very fine and rare, two-time zone, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date, special bronze dial and bronze 24-hour bezel and hand and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Jubilee bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by a pouch.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving bronze bezel for the second 24-hour time zone, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Bronze 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 fi ve positions, free-sprung self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length 195 mm.