Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 94

Ref 16618, Yellow Gold ?Submariner? Navy Blue Dial Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 1000ft/300m, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, Ref. 16618, case No. N224334. Made in 1992. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and blue bezel with an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster "Fliplock" bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated unidirectional revolving blue bezel for the decompression times, "Triplock" winding-crown protected by the Crown Guard, sapphire crystal with Cyclops lens. D. Navy blue with luminous round, triangular and baton gold indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.