Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 84

ROLEX REF. 16758 GMT MASTER, GOLD Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, GMT Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified,? case No. 8339723, 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, black dial and black 24 hour bezel and hand and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Jubilee bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by box instruction booklet and certificate.

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 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 186 mm.