Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Dec 07, 2006

LOT 358

"Stainless Steel Daytona" Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, "Cosmograph Daytona," Ref. 16520. Made in the 1990s. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Oysterlock bracelet. Accompanied by the original box and guarantee (now void).

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, sapphire crystal. D. Bicolor white and black with applied luminous steel indexes, subsidiary black ring dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous steel "baton" hands. M. Cal. 4030, rhodium-plated, "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 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.