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Rolex. A fine stainless steel automatic dual time wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, ivory-coloured “rail” dial, guarantee, additional bezel, box and outer packaging
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Rolex. A fine stainless steel automatic dual time wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, ivory-coloured “rail” dial, guarantee, additional bezel, box and outer packaging

Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Exporer II, Ref. 16550, Case No. 9’373’706, Circa 1986

Closed14 May 2018

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Rolex. A fine stainless steel automatic dual time wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, ivory-coloured “rail” dial, guarantee, additional bezel, box and outer packaging
Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Exporer II, Ref. 16550, Case No. 9’373’706, Circa 1986
Movement: cal. 3085, automatic, 27 jewels, signed
Dial: ivory-coloured, signed
Case: screw back, inside case back stamped 16550, 39 mm. diam., signed
With: stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet 78350, deployant clasp stamped 78360 and K4, endlinks stamped 501, overall length of approximately 190 mm., undated warranty stamped Geiss & Son JLRS, instruction manual, additional bezel, fitted presentation box and outer packaging

Specialist note

Among collectors, the present watch with ivory-coloured dial is without doubt amongst the most sought-after version of all reference 16550 watches. This ivory/cream dial is special both because of its very warm and eye-pleasing tone and because of the way the "Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified" is displayed. Also known as "rail dial" it is distinguished by the symmetric division of the two lines below the centre: "Superlative" and "Officially" to the left, clearly separated by a vertical space (thus "rail"), and "Chronometer" and "Certified" to the right.