Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 55

?Day-Date? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, Ref. 18238. Made in 1995. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold and diamond wristwatch with day and date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex "President" bracelet with concealed deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, sapphire crystal with "Cyclops" lens. D. Black with 8 round and 2 baguette diamond indexes, outer minute track, apertures for the day and date. Yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 3155, 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, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.