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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 270

Stainless steel and platinum ?Yacht-Master? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Yacht-Master, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, Ref. 16622. Made in 1999. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and platinum gentleman's wristwatch with date and Rolex stainless steel ?Fliplock? Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 3,800 - 5,000 / USD 5,000 - 6,500

C. Three-body, polished, screwed-down case back and crown with protected double safety lock, bi-directional revolving frosted graduated white gold bezel for calculation of diving times, sapphire crystal with ?cyclops? lens. D. Platinum with luminous white gold round, bâton and triangular indexes, Luminous white gold ?skeleton? hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodiumplated, fausses côtes? decoration, 31 jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 1

As new
Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

A similar watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches?, Vol I, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani 2006 Edition, p. 350. Ref. 16622 launched in 1992, was intended to embody all that made the Rolex Oyster a success. In 1999 Rolex launched the new Oyster Perpetual Date ?Yacht Master? Rolesium in stainless steel and platinum. The case and Oysterlock bracelet of that watch are in stainless steel; the rotating bezel and the dial in platinum. The model is offered in lady?s, mid-size and gentleman?s versions.