Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 122

Ref. 16613 ?Steel and Gold Submariner? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 1000ft/300m, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, Ref. 16613/ 16610. Case No. L713404. Made in 1989. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold and stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date, black bezel, with an 18K yellow gold and stainless steel Oysterlock bracelet.

C. Two-tone, three-body, polished and brushed, screweddown case back, bidirectional revolving black graduated bezel for the decompression times, "Triplock" windingcrown protected by the Crown-Guard, sapphire crystal with "Cyclops" lens. D. Black with applied gold luminous round, bâton and triangular indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous gold "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, free-sprung self-compensating Breguet balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.