Reference:16710: Difference between revisions
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Fact-check follow-up: correct Yaeger engraving spelling (verified against primary Antiquorum lot text) and auction date (was conflating 2001 retail sale with the actual 2010 Antiquorum auction) |
Images: add caseback, crown/case-flank, and Trubshaw guarantee-papers photos (Sotheby's Important Watches, already-cited L20070/b5hgk lot) — fills caseback/case-detail/provenance gaps; bezel-variant coverage (Pepsi/Coke/black) was already present |
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== Case, bezel, crystal, and crown == | == Case, bezel, crystal, and crown == | ||
[[File:Ref 16710 crown.webp|thumb|right|240px|alt=16710 case flank and screw-down crown|Case flank and screw-down crown]] | |||
The case shares the 40mm footprint of the 16760 but is slimmer and less blocky, which is most of what moves the 16710 out of the transitional register and into neo-vintage. Three documented changes land in the second half of the run. | The case shares the 40mm footprint of the 16760 but is slimmer and less blocky, which is most of what moves the 16710 out of the transitional register and into neo-vintage. Three documented changes land in the second half of the run. | ||
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== Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes == | == Bracelets, end links, clasps, and packaging notes == | ||
[[File:Ref 16710 caseback.webp|thumb|left|240px|alt=16710 caseback with reference sticker|Caseback with factory reference sticker]] | |||
Early watches, 1989 to 1999, left the factory on the Oyster 78360 with hollow 501 or 501B end-links. From 2000 the Oyster 78790A takes over, first with separate 801 solid end-links and from about 2003 with the end-link stamped 78790A itself. The Jubilee 62510H on 502B end-links stayed an option throughout. | Early watches, 1989 to 1999, left the factory on the Oyster 78360 with hollow 501 or 501B end-links. From 2000 the Oyster 78790A takes over, first with separate 801 solid end-links and from about 2003 with the end-link stamped 78790A itself. The Jubilee 62510H on 502B end-links stayed an option throughout. | ||
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The 16710's primary market is dealers; major-auction appearances are comparatively rare. Across that market the internal spread reads clearly: early Coke examples concentrate near the start of the run, Pepsi listings spread across the full window, and quieter all-black-bezel watches concentrate in the later years. Late stick-dial cal 3186 watches sit at the top of the internal hierarchy before the ceramic [[Reference:116710LN|116710LN]] replacement. Provenance lifts where present — Concorde-pilot, Real McCoy's, and Tiffany retailer-stamped examples carry meaningful documentation premiums above the standard market. | The 16710's primary market is dealers; major-auction appearances are comparatively rare. Across that market the internal spread reads clearly: early Coke examples concentrate near the start of the run, Pepsi listings spread across the full window, and quieter all-black-bezel watches concentrate in the later years. Late stick-dial cal 3186 watches sit at the top of the internal hierarchy before the ceramic [[Reference:116710LN|116710LN]] replacement. Provenance lifts where present — Concorde-pilot, Real McCoy's, and Tiffany retailer-stamped examples carry meaningful documentation premiums above the standard market. | ||
[[File:Ref 16710 papers.webp|thumb|right|240px|alt=Rolex guarantee papers for the Brian Trubshaw 16710, dated 21 October 1994|Guarantee papers, dated 21 October 1994]] | |||
The Brian Trubshaw example is the cleanest provenance case in the current table because its paper trail is documented directly in the lot listing. Sotheby's catalogued it with a punched Rolex guarantee dated 21 October 1994, document holder, booklets, 1994/95 calendar, framed GMT-Master II advert, hangtags, and presentation case. The catalogue also states that the papers show the watch was issued to Trubshaw directly by Rolex at its headquarters in 1993, likely in exchange during service. | The Brian Trubshaw example is the cleanest provenance case in the current table because its paper trail is documented directly in the lot listing. Sotheby's catalogued it with a punched Rolex guarantee dated 21 October 1994, document holder, booklets, 1994/95 calendar, framed GMT-Master II advert, hangtags, and presentation case. The catalogue also states that the papers show the watch was issued to Trubshaw directly by Rolex at its headquarters in 1993, likely in exchange during service. | ||