Important Collectors’ Watches, Pocket...

Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 268

?Steel and Yellow Gold Submariner? Rolex ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 1000ft/330m, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, case No. P872187, Ref. 16613. Made in 2000. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a guarantee (now void) To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, "Triplock" winding crown protected by the crown guard, graduated uni-directional revolving blue bezel for the decompression times, sapphire crystal with ?cyclops? lens. D. Blue with luminous applied gold round, baton and triangular indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous 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, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 14 mm. Approximate overall length: 175 mm. Property of an Swiss collector