Live Auction 18894IMPORTANT WATCHES Including The Titanium Collection and an Important Private Asian Collection Part 3
ROLEX. A VERY RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DATE, BRACELET AND ONYX DIAL
Lot 2309 ROLEX
SUBMARINER WITH ONYX DIAL, REF. 16618

ROLEX. A VERY RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DATE, BRACELET AND ONYX DIAL

SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL DATE, SUBMARINER MODEL, REF. 16618, CASE NO. X452078, CIRCA 1991

Closed13 July 2020

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HKD 525,000

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ROLEX. A VERY RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DATE, BRACELET AND ONYX DIAL
SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL DATE, SUBMARINER MODEL, REF. 16618, CASE NO. X452078, CIRCA 1991
Movement: Cal. 3135, automatic, 31 jewels, signed
Dial: Onyx, signed
Case: Screw down crown, screw back, 40 mm. diam., signed
With: 18k gold Rolex Oyster bracelet, overall length approximately 190 mm., Original Rolex Garantie dated 30 August 1994 and presentation box

Specialist note

The present specimen is one of the exceedingly few Submariners with onyx dials to appear in public to date and can rightly be considered one of the rarest and most beautiful trophies for collectors of Rolex sports watches. Furthermore, the watch is preserved in very good overall condition and sold with it's Original Garantie and box.

Reference 16618, the all-gold Submariner, was launched in the mid-1980s and was available with a variety of dial versions, the present onyx variant being amongst the rarest.