Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 156

"Cosmograph Daytona" Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona?, Ref. 116519. Made in 2000. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K white gold deployant "Fliplock" clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and an additional green lizard strap.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, "Triplock" winding-crown protected by the "Crown Guard", tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. D. Chrysoprase with applied radial white gold Roman numerals and indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. White gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 4130, rhodiumplated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 44 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balancespring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 12 mm. To be sold without reserve