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Rolex
Ref. 16234
Datejust “Sodalite”
An attractive stainless steel wristwatch with center seconds, date, blue sodalite dial, diamond-set indexes, white gold bezel, and bracelet
- Estimate
- $8,000 - 16,000
$12,700
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 2000
- Reference No
- 16234
- Movement No
- 38'984'343
- Case No
- P’953’594; interior case stamped 2080
- Model Name
- Datejust “Sodalite”
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 3135, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel Rolex Jubilee bracelet, end links stamped 555 B, max overall length 185mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel Rolex deployant clasp, reference 62510H, stamped DE4
- Dimensions
- 36mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement, and bracelet signed.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
• In 1988, Rolex released the reference 16234 featuring the manufacturer’s upgraded caliber 3135 with quickset date. Furthermore, it was the first of its model to feature a robust sapphire crystal replacing the previously used Plexiglas.
• The beautiful and vibrant blue sodalite dial features 10 brilliant-cut diamonds to the indexes.
• Well-preserved, it retains strong case proportions and finishing, the present blue sodalite Datejust bearing a P serial from circa 2000 is a versatile choice for stone dial lovers.
• The beautiful and vibrant blue sodalite dial features 10 brilliant-cut diamonds to the indexes.
• Well-preserved, it retains strong case proportions and finishing, the present blue sodalite Datejust bearing a P serial from circa 2000 is a versatile choice for stone dial lovers.
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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