Why this Rolex Yacht-Master is worth a closer look

Of all the new launches at the annual Baselworld watch show, it's those from Rolex that are among the most eagerly anticipated - and this year, the Rolex model causing some of the loudest murmurs around the exhibition hall was a new, 42mm white gold Yacht-Master With the spotlight temporarily on the sea-faring strand of Rolex's universe, it's probably a good time to keep a weather eye on the auction houses for what might just be one of the most under-rated of its sports models - the Yacht-Master Reference 16622 Rolesium Deesigned to appeal to yachties, the watch was initially intended as a more luxurious version of the celebrated Submariner dive watch.

Read next Andy Warhol's watch is coming up for auction The watch didn't achieve anything like the success of more celebrated sports models and was gradually phased-out with the launch at Baselworld 2012 of a new steel Yacht-Master with a blue 'sunray' dial Examples do appear at auction, often sporting knocks and scrapes caused by a life spent on deck as much-loved tool watches.

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