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Rolex
Ref. 116759
GMT-Master II
A fine and rare white gold, diamond, sapphire and ruby-set dual time wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, bracelet, guarantee and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$350,000 - 550,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 2008
- Reference No
- 116759
- Movement No
- 32'103'326
- Case No
- M916756
- Model Name
- GMT-Master II
- Material
- 18k white gold, diamonds, rubies and sapphires
- Calibre
- Automatic, 3186, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k white gold <em>Rolex Oyster </em>bracelet, 41 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k white gold <em>Rolex</em> folding twinlock deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 40 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed </em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex</em> Attestation de Chronometre dated 2 October 2008, product literature, sales tag, leather wallet, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
This GMT-Master II is fitted with baguette rubies, diamonds and sapphires to the bezel and brilliant diamonds to the lugs. It is very rare to find Rolex watches so lavishly embellished as it took a lot of work from the manufacturer to produce at this level. This watch is offered as a full set with guarantee card, product literature, sales tag, wallet, fitted presentation box and outer packaging, which really enhances this watch and brings it to the next level. The watch is presented in close to new condition.
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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