Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 102

Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona?, Ref. 116523, case No Z303098, made circa 2006. Very fine, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold and stainless steel Cosmograph Daytona gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, and an 18K yellow gold and stainless steel Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, 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. Mother of pearl with applied radial yellow gold Roman numerals and indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 4130, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 44 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.