This tritium Ref. 16570 dates to 1994, and it’s nicknamed ‘Chi Chi di Mais’ or corn kernals in English because of the creamy patina contrast with the white or ‘Polar’ porcelain dial.
It features a lovely white ‘Polar’ dial, that shows a charming and perfectly matching tritium patina hour markers and hands.
The 40mm stainless steel case remains thick showing only minor marks from use. The case back remains in the same condition.
It comes fitted in the original 20mm Rolex Oyster 78360 stainless steel bracelet with 501B end links and date code T4 that shows normal stretch from wear.
The watch is running well and keeping time, although service history is unknown.
It is presented as a full set which includes outer box with reference sticker, inner box, hang tags, manuals, translation leaflet, calendar, wallet, pressure test results receipt, and stamped guarantee papers showing it was sold in November 1993 by a Rolex retailer in Hong Kong.
Macros of the dial and case are available under request.