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Rolex Datejust 16013 - White Roman numerals

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Here's a vintage Rolex Datejust reference 16013 automatic two tone with a white Roman numeral dial on a jubilee bracelet from the 80s. Keeps great time and is fully functional. Measurements include a 36mm oyster case and 20mm lug width. It's on a Rolex jubilee bracelet that fits up to an 7.25 inch wrist. The bracelet is in really great shape, it’s rather tight for its age. Good condition case and lugs. Time and quick date function at 3 a clock. Clean white numeral dial and 18K yellow gold bezel. Matching gold hands and hour markers. Steel case and caseback. Both the hands and lume plots have a matching yellow patina. 18K gold fluted bezel. Matching gold hands and Roman numerals. Drilled lug holes. The bezel and center links still maintained its rich yellow color. Both the dial and crystal are free from any scratches or marks. All parts are original including the signed Rolex crown, dial, movement, and caseback. Both the dial and case are in great cosmetic, untouched condition.

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Key Specs

Reference: 16013

Model: Datejust

Year: 1980s

Movement: Automatic (Caliber 3035)

Case Size: 36mm

Bezel: 18K Yellow Gold Fluted

Bracelet: Two-Tone Jubilee

Dial: White Roman Numeral

Wrist Size: 7.25 inch

Metal: Steel & 18K Yellow Gold

History

Introduced in 1945 to mark Rolex's 40th anniversary, the Datejust was the first self-winding, waterproof wristwatch to display the date in a window at 3 o'clock. The name said everything: the date, just there, automatically.

The watch debuted alongside the Jubilee bracelet — a five-piece link design created specifically for the occasion and still one of the most copied bracelet patterns in watchmaking. Later iterations added the iconic cyclops lens, magnifying the date 2.5x directly above the aperture, a detail so practical it became a Rolex signature.

Over the decades the Datejust evolved through generations of references — from the early 1600-series with engine-turned bezels to the 1603 in yellow gold, the 16013 and 16030 two-tones of the 1980s, the 16233 and 116233 of the 1990s and 2000s — yet the core proposition never changed: a 36mm case, an automatic movement, and a date that flips at midnight.

It's the Swiss watch equivalent of a white oxford shirt. Timeless in steel, versatile in two-tone, proper in solid gold. Collectors prize the earlier sigma-dial examples for their textural richness; later smooth-dialed pieces wear as effortlessly today as they did the day they left Geneva. Few references have ever achieved this level of consistency across six decades of production.

Rolex Datejust 16013 - White Roman numerals
Rolex Datejust 16013 - White Roman numerals Sale price$6,750.00 USD

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