1996 Rolex Datejust Ref. 16220 'Blue Soleil dial' Full Set

The Datejust debuted in 1945 as the reference 4467, the first automatic watch with a date. It was crafted entirely of 18K yellow gold, possessed a minimally fluted bezel (closer to a coin-edge texture), and in fact did not display the word “Datejust” on its dial.

With a nice stainless steel fluted bezel, a beautiful blue soleil dial, hour applied markers, and baton hands, this flawless piece in like new condition is the perfect daily beater.

Cased in a 36mm excluding the original crown, this all-stainless-steel case remains in mint condition. The waterproof case back also remains sharp with very few normal wear marks. The original sapphire crystal has no scratches.

It is suited on the original and complete 20mm Rolex Oyster bracelet 78360 with 558B end links and clasp code Z4.

The 31 Jewels Rolex Automatic cal. 3135 is running great and keeping time.

Furthermore, it comes with a very complete kit, including inner box, outer box, stamped guarantee papers showing it was sold in Andorra in 1999, manuals, wallet, calendar, translation leaflet, hang tag and two extra links.