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Rolex
Ref. 1675
GMT-Master
A fine and rare stainless steel dual time wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, black lacquer dial, original expandable bracelet, original guarantee, invoice and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$96,000 - 144,000
HK$25,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1964
- Reference No
- 1675
- Movement No
- D35745
- Case No
- 1'151'073
- Model Name
- GMT-Master
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, 1560, 26 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex Oyster</em> bracelet, 180 mm. maximum length, end link stamped 80
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex </em>folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 39.5 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex </em>Guarantee dated 15 July 1965, original invoice indicating the purchase price of £83 in 1965, Bureaux Suisses de Contrôle Officiel de la Marche des Chronomètres Watch Rate Certificate dated 17 March 1965, product literature, sales tag, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Rolex GMT wristwatches have increased both in popularity and value in recent years. To find an example, manufactured in 1964, fitted with the correct black lacquer dial with gilt printing 'Swiss-T>25' designation below 6 o'clock is a very rare occurrence. Not only is the watch in original and extremely appealing condition, the numbers between the lugs are easily readable. The steel Oyster expandable bracelet stamped 2.65 matches perfectly to the original invoice of sale dated 15 July 1965.
Seldom do such an original and complete GMT-Master come on the market, this example is a highly sought after model in fabulous original condition.
Seldom do such an original and complete GMT-Master come on the market, this example is a highly sought after model in fabulous original condition.
Literature
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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