Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 262

?Ref. 16518 Cosmograph Daytona? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona?, Ref. 16518. Made in 1999, sold on May, 23, 2000. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Rolex deployant fliplock clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and chronometer certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, crown and buttons, "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 gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Yellow gold ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 4030, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating freesprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.