Live Auction 14212Rare Watches and a Rolex Afternoon
Rolex. A fine 18K gold automatic dual time sweep centre seconds wristwatch with date
Lot 207

Rolex. A fine 18K gold automatic dual time sweep centre seconds wristwatch with date

Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, GMT-Master II, ref. 16718, movement no. 5889256, case no. N194402, manufactured in 1991

Closed15 May 2017

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Rolex. A fine 18K gold automatic dual time sweep centre seconds wristwatch with date
Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, GMT-Master II, ref. 16718, movement no. 5889256, case no. N194402, manufactured in 1991
Movement: automatic, cal. 3185, 31 jewels
Dial: black with luminous dot and baton numerals, central 24 hour hand, magnified window for date
Case: screw back and screw down crown, bidirectional black rotating bezel calibrated for 24 hours
Signed: case, dial and movement, inside case back ref. 16710
Dimensions: 40 mm. diam.
With: Rolex gold-plated buckle

Specialist note

The present watch, reference 16718, is the rarer gold version of the reference 16710 GMT-Master II. Production of the reference 16710 began in 1989 and continued until 2007, it replaced the ref. 16760. The new model features a slimmer case design. The gold version such as the present watch has reference 16718 as engraved between the lugs, the inside case back is engraved with the generic series reference 16710.