Reference:16760: Difference between revisions

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=== Standard glossy with WG surrounds ===

Black lacquer ground, applied indices with white-gold surrounds, white printing for the dial text including the GMT-Master II line. Mercedes hour and minute hands paired with a red GMT hand. The configuration runs unchanged across the production window.

Black lacquer ground, applied indices with white-gold surrounds, white printing for the dial text including the GMT-Master II line. Mercedes hour and minute hands paired with a red GMT hand. The configuration runs unchanged across the production window. Retailer-signed examples exist on top of that standard dial: Antiquorum catalogued a steel 16760 retailed by Tiffany & Co. in Geneva in November 2021, the Tiffany signature printed below the coronet in the standard position, with no other deviation from the factory dial layout.

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! Sale !! Lot !! Year !! Serial / config !! Notes

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| Antiquorum Geneva || 344-411 || 2021 || Tiffany & Co.-retailed, steel || CHF 40,000 (est. CHF 10,000–15,000) -- highest documented public hammer

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| Phillips Geneva Watch Auction X || 149 || 2019 || c.1988, case R434190, mvt 2102621, full set with Merksamer Jewelers guarantee || CHF 20,000 (est. CHF 6,000–12,000)

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The ~~Phillips Geneva X result in 2019,~~ CHF 20,000 against a CHF 6,~~000–12~~,000 estimate, is the highest documented public hammer. Antiquorum's GMT-Master II catalogue tilts heavily toward the 16710, 16713 and 16718, and 16760 lots have rarely come through the house. Much of the reference's price history therefore sits in trade listings, since catalogued lots are scarce.

The Antiquorum Tiffany & Co.-retailed example sold for CHF 40,000 against a CHF 10,000–15,000 estimate in November 2021, the highest documented public hammer for the reference and roughly double the next-highest result (Phillips Geneva X, CHF 20,000, 2019); the retailer signature is the clear driver of the premium. Antiquorum's GMT-Master II catalogue tilts heavily toward the 16710, 16713 and 16718, and 16760 lots have rarely come through the house. Much of the reference's price history therefore sits in trade listings, since catalogued lots are scarce.

Collectors sum the reference up as a watch of firsts — it is the first GMT-Master II, the first with an independently adjustable 24-hour hand, the first in the line built exclusively on the red-and-black insert, the first GMT with a sapphire crystal, and the first with white-gold-surround indices. Clean, original-condition examples carry a premium to match.

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 === Standard glossy with WG surrounds ===
-Black lacquer ground, applied indices with white-gold surrounds, white printing for the dial text including the GMT-Master II line. Mercedes hour and minute hands paired with a red GMT hand. The configuration runs unchanged across the production window.
+Black lacquer ground, applied indices with white-gold surrounds, white printing for the dial text including the GMT-Master II line. Mercedes hour and minute hands paired with a red GMT hand. The configuration runs unchanged across the production window. Retailer-signed examples exist on top of that standard dial: Antiquorum catalogued a steel 16760 retailed by Tiffany & Co. in Geneva in November 2021, the Tiffany signature printed below the coronet in the standard position, with no other deviation from the factory dial layout.
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 [[File:Ref 16760 coke-davidsw.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=1985 Coke 16760|1985 Coke 16760]]
+[[File:Ref 16760 tiffany.webp|thumb|right|280px|alt=Tiffany & Co.-retailed 16760|Tiffany & Co.-retailed 16760, Antiquorum Geneva, November 2021]]
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 ! Sale !! Lot !! Year !! Serial / config !! Notes
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+| Antiquorum Geneva || 344-411 || 2021 || Tiffany & Co.-retailed, steel || CHF 40,000 (est. CHF 10,000–15,000) -- highest documented public hammer
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 | Phillips Geneva Watch Auction X || 149 || 2019 || c.1988, case R434190, mvt 2102621, full set with Merksamer Jewelers guarantee || CHF 20,000 (est. CHF 6,000–12,000)
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-The Phillips Geneva X result in 2019, CHF 20,000 against a CHF 6,000–12,000 estimate, is the highest documented public hammer. Antiquorum's GMT-Master II catalogue tilts heavily toward the 16710, 16713 and 16718, and 16760 lots have rarely come through the house. Much of the reference's price history therefore sits in trade listings, since catalogued lots are scarce.
+The Antiquorum Tiffany & Co.-retailed example sold for CHF 40,000 against a CHF 10,000–15,000 estimate in November 2021, the highest documented public hammer for the reference and roughly double the next-highest result (Phillips Geneva X, CHF 20,000, 2019); the retailer signature is the clear driver of the premium. Antiquorum's GMT-Master II catalogue tilts heavily toward the 16710, 16713 and 16718, and 16760 lots have rarely come through the house. Much of the reference's price history therefore sits in trade listings, since catalogued lots are scarce.
 Collectors sum the reference up as a watch of firsts — it is the first GMT-Master II, the first with an independently adjustable 24-hour hand, the first in the line built exclusively on the red-and-black insert, the first GMT with a sapphire crystal, and the first with white-gold-surround indices. Clean, original-condition examples carry a premium to match.