Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 355

Ref. 16523, ?Diamond Dial? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona", Ref. 16523/16500. Made circa 1995. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant to 100 m, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Rolex Oysterlock bracelet. Accompanied by a certificate.

C. Three-body, 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, flat sapphire crystal. D. Bicolored black and champagne, applied yellow gold diamond-set indexes and radial Arabic numerals, subsidiary gold ring dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 4030, 31 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.