Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, The Grand Havana Room, Sep 20, 2006

LOT 89

"Explorer" Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, "Explorer", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1016. Made in the 1970s. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with a stainless steel Rolex Oyster expansion bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and bâton indexes. Luminous "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 13 mm.