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  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: 2014
    Reference No: 116610LN
    Model Name: Limited Edition to 135 Submariner “Relojeria Alemana Palma de Mallorca"
    Material: Stainless Steel
    Calibre: Automatic Rolex calibre 3135 with Date
    Bracelet/Strap: Stainless Steel Oyster
    Clasp/Buckle: Stainless Steel Glidelock Clasp
    Accessories: Rolex box, guarantee stamped Relojeria Alemana, product literature, wallet, presentation box and outer packaging.

  • Catalogue Essay

    Rolex almost never creates limited editions and rarely acknowledges their closest partners publicly. However, in 2014, their Spanish retail partner Relojería Alemana celebrated its 135-year anniversary, and Rolex produced a special batch of beautifully engraved Submariner Dates for the occasion. This example, in totally unworn, stickered condition, is presented with its full set of original accessories, including the special Rolex-green box designed to hold the correct printed warranty card and a note detailing the 135-watch run. Rarer than any steel sports watch in the current Rolex production and priced lower than your average Cerachrom "Pepsi," this is one for the true Rolex cognoscenti.

  • Artist Biography

    Rolex

    Swiss • 1905

    Founded in 1905 England by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis as Wilsdorf & Davis, it soon became known as the Rolex Watch Company in 1915, moving its headquarters to Geneva in 1919. Like no other company, the success of the wristwatch can be attributed to many of Rolex's innovations that made them one of the most respected and well-known of all luxury brands. These innovations include their famous "Oyster" case — the world's first water resistant and dustproof watch case, invented in 1926 — and their "Perpetual" — the first reliable self-winding movement for wristwatches launched in 1933. They would form the foundation for Rolex's Datejust and Day-Date, respectively introduced in 1945 and 1956, but also importantly for their sports watches, such as the Explorer, Submariner and GMT-Master launched in the mid-1950s.

    One of its most famous models is the Cosmograph Daytona. Launched in 1963, these chronographs are without any doubt amongst the most iconic and coveted of all collectible wristwatches. Other key collectible models include their most complicated vintage watches, including references 8171 and 6062 with triple calendar and moon phase, "Jean Claude Killy" triple date chronograph models and the Submariner, including early "big-crown" models and military-issued variants.

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Ref. 116610LN
Limited Edition

2014

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