Live Auction 1417Rare Watches Including Nautilus 40 Part II
Rolex. A stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds
Lot 106 Lots 106 – 142: The Property of an Important European Private Collector

Rolex. A stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds

Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Explorer, ref. 1016, case no. 1’757’499, circa 1968

Closed14 November 2016

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Rolex. A stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds
Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Explorer, ref. 1016, case no. 1’757’499, circa 1968
MOVEMENT: automatic, cal. 1570, 26 jewels
DIAL: black, baton, Arabic and dagger luminous numerals, luminous hands, sweep centre seconds, outer minute divisions
CASE: stainless steel, tonneau-shaped, screw back, screw down crown, 36 mm. diam.
SIGNED: case, dial and movement
BUCKLE: stainless steel Rolex buckle

Specialist note

The celebrated Explorer reference 1016 was introduced to the market in 1959, the first series featuring the non-hacking calibre 1560. One of Rolex's most popular sports watches, the Explorer is easily recognizable by its black dial with the luminous triangle at 12, luminous Arabic numerals for the other three quarters and luminous baton numerals for the remaining hours