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Near new example. Perfect. Very rare with the black baton dial. Looks superb on the Jubilee bracelet. Exceptional throughout.
ORIGINAL OUTER BOX, INNER BOX. ORIGINAL REAR GREEN FOIL STICKER.
When it was launched in the late 1980s, the ref. 16234 was best known as Rolex’s next-generation fluted gold bezel Datejust option. Differing from the more casual smooth bezel variation, the reference presented a watch that was just a touch more elegant in everyday wear, and at its core featured that signature Rolex cool in its highly wearable 36mm Oyster case and ever-versatile and diverse dial options.
The ref. 16234 was among the first five-digit offerings within the Datejust family, and importantly one of the first to also use a sapphire crystal. First offered in the late 1980s until the mid-2000s, the 16234 made a number of notable improvements to the design family, including featuring the brand’s patented “jumping date,” which flipped over instantaneously at midnight rather than over the course of the last few hours, as was the case with previous Datejust iterations. Additionally, within the five-digit era, references starting with 162XX (like this one) can all be found with the newer caliber 3135, whereas 160XX references utilize the earlier caliber 3035 – a small detail to pay attention to.
As it was offered from the late ’80s to the mid-2000s, the ref. 16234 Datejust spans the switch at the Crown from tritium luminous material to LumiNova.
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Hard to repeat, very special example. Sound investment.
12 MONTH WARRANTY SUPPLIED.
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