# Rolex Datejust 16200 Gray Dial Stainless Steel

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- Published: 2025-10-15T23:19:47-04:00
- Author: Michael Martucci

## Details

- Stock number: 179XH
- Availability: Out of stock
- Case Material: Stainless Steel
- Brand: Rolex
- Reference: 16200
- Dial Color: Grey
- Condition: Pre-owned
- Movement: Automatic
- Case Size: 36mm
- Offered by: Palazzo Watches & Gems, Jersey City, NJ

The Rolex Datejust 36 reference 16200 is the all-Oystersteel five-digit Datejust
with smooth domed bezel, produced from 1988 into the early 2000s and one of the 
earliest references to carry the legendary Caliber 3135 — the movement that would
become the industry benchmark for mechanical reliability over the next three decades.
The 16200 represents the transitional reference between the vintage four-digit Datejust
era and the modern six-digit catalog, bringing sapphire crystal, the new movement
architecture, and the upgraded Twinlock crown system to the all-steel smooth-bezel
configuration. The 36mm Oystersteel case is built on the architecture Rolex established
with the 1945 Datejust, the watch that introduced the modern dress-watch silhouette
as the first self-winding chronometer wristwatch with an automatically changing 
date — a piece of horological vocabulary nearly every modern dress watch still draws
on. This example carries a gray dial with applied luminous hour markers and Mercedes
hands, the date at three magnified by the Cyclops lens. Powered by the in-house 
Rolex Caliber 3135 with approximately 48 hours of power reserve and Superlative 
Chronometer certification. Water-resistant to 100 meters and worn on the Oystersteel
Oyster or Jubilee bracelet. Pre-owned in excellent condition.