A rare vintage 1991 Rolex Submariner reference 16610 retailed and signed by Tiffany and Co., featuring a black dial with tritium hour markers and hands, caliber 3135 automatic movement, unidirectional rotating bezel, and original stainless steel Oyster bracelet with short links - in excellent condition with original Rolex warranty card and Tiffany and Co. box.

Product Specifications:

• Item Type: Vintage Automatic Dive Watch — Tiffany and Co. Retailed
• Brand: Rolex
• Collection: Oyster Perpetual Date Submariner
• Reference Number: 16610
• Year of Production: 1991
• Retailer: Tiffany and Co. (signed on dial)
• Case Size: 40mm
• Case Material: Stainless steel
• Water Resistance: 1000ft / 300m
• Movement: Automatic
• Caliber: 3135
• Certification: Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified
• Crystal: Sapphire crystal
• Dial: Black with tritium luminous hour markers and hands
• Indices: Tritium-filled rectangular and dot markers
• Hands: Steel with tritium lume fill
• Bezel Type: Unidirectional rotating elapsed time bezel
• Bezel Color: Matte black insert
• Band Material: Stainless steel Oyster bracelet with short links
• Band Color: Stainless steel
• Condition: Excellent
• Includes: Original Rolex warranty card and Tiffany and Co. box
• Features: Date window at 3 o’clock, automatic caliber 3135, unidirectional bezel, tritium lume throughout, Tiffany and Co. signed dial, 300m water resistance
• Style: Vintage dive watch, Tiffany signed, Submariner, Oyster bracelet

About The Rolex Submariner Ref 16610 — Tiffany and Co.

The Rolex Submariner reference 16610 is one of the most historically significant and collectible references in the Rolex catalog — introduced in the late 1980s as the modern sapphire-crystal evolution of the date-equipped Submariner, it established the blueprint for the classic 40mm Submariner Date through the 1990s and 2000s, with its caliber 3135 automatic movement, sapphire crystal, unidirectional rotating bezel, and 300m water resistance. What elevates this particular example to the highest tier of Submariner collecting is the Tiffany and Co. co-signed dial — a prestigious retail partnership between Rolex and America’s most iconic luxury jeweler that resulted in a limited number of Rolex watches being signed by both brands on the dial, a practice that ceased in the early 1990s and which has since made Tiffany-signed Rolex references among the most aggressively pursued references in the vintage watch market. Recent auction results for Tiffany-signed Rolex references have consistently achieved premiums above equivalent unsigned examples, with original provenance, box, and papers adding further value. This 1991 example in excellent condition, with its original Rolex warranty card and Tiffany and Co. box intact, represents one of the most complete Tiffany Submariner packages available outside of major auction.

Design and Construction

The 40mm stainless steel case presents the classic Submariner profile with the characteristic crown guards flanking the winding crown and the broad, angular lugs that define the reference 16610’s immediately recognizable silhouette. The black dial carries the dual signature of “Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date” above and “Tiffany and Co. Submariner 1000ft/300m” below center — a layout that announces the co-branding clearly without disrupting the clean, functional legibility that makes the Submariner dial one of the most recognizable instrument dials in watchmaking. Tritium luminous material fills the rectangular hour markers, dot minute indicators, and both hands, producing the characteristic warm patina glow at the dial’s surface that vintage Submariner collectors prize as a marker of authentic, unrestored examples. The unidirectional rotating elapsed time bezel features a matte black aluminum insert with minute graduations and the characteristic pip at the 12 o’clock position, completing the full sporting specification of this reference.