Property of a Japanese Collector
86
Rolex
Ref. 1675, repeated inside caseback
GMT-Master
A well-preserved stainless steel and yellow gold dual-time wristwatch with center seconds, date, bracelet, guarantee and presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$78,000 - 120,000€9,000 - 13,800$10,000 - 15,400
HK$120,650
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1977
- Reference No
- 1675, repeated inside caseback
- Movement No
- D153’071
- Case No
- 5’105’380
- Model Name
- GMT-Master
- Material
- Stainless steel and 18K yellow gold
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 1570, 26 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster bracelet stamped “78363”, endlinks stamped “480 J”, max length 195mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel Rolex Oyster deployant clasp stamped “A” and “14”
- Dimensions
- 39mm diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Rolex guarantee stamped Rolex Jewelry Iran dated 22nd May 1977, 1977-1978 calendar, green wallet, hang tags, instruction manual, product literature, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
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Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present example showcases a remarkably well-preserved case, with thick, beveled lugs that retain their original proportions – a condition that is increasingly difficult to find in today's market. Furthermore, this GMT-Master 1675 is offered complete with its original accessories, including the guarantee from Rolex Iran that sold it to a Japanese client named Mr. Kawamoto in 1977. It is because international travel became more popular amidst the "Japanese Economic Miracle" after the war, as Japan integrated its economy more effectively into the global system and sought to diversify its markets, achieving record high GDPs, that the Japanese were found traveling and buying watches.
Rolex
Swiss | 1905Founded in 1905 England by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis as Wilsdorf & Davis, it soon became known as the Rolex Watch Company in 1915, moving its headquarters to Geneva in 1919. Like no other company, the success of the wristwatch can be attributed to many of Rolex's innovations that made them one of the most respected and well-known of all luxury brands. These innovations include their famous "Oyster" case — the world's first water resistant and dustproof watch case, invented in 1926 — and their "Perpetual" — the first reliable self-winding movement for wristwatches launched in 1933. They would form the foundation for Rolex's Datejust and Day-Date, respectively introduced in 1945 and 1956, but also importantly for their sports watches, such as the Explorer, Submariner and GMT-Master launched in the mid-1950s.One of its most famous models is the Cosmograph Daytona. Launched in 1963, these chronographs are without any doubt amongst the most iconic and coveted of all collectible wristwatches. Other key collectible models include their most complicated vintage watches, including references 8171 and 6062 with triple calendar and moon phase, "Jean Claude Killy" triple date chronograph models and the Submariner, including early "big-crown" models and military-issued variants.
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