Important Collectors’ Watches, Pocket...

Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 70

Ref. 18238 Yellow Gold ?Day-Date? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, Ref. 18238, case No. W393938. Made in 1995. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer 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, faceted bezel, sapphire crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Black with ?clous de Paris? decoration, applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, apertures for the quick-set day and date. Luminous yellow gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 3155, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 200 mm.