Important Collector's Watches, Pocket...

Geneva, Nov 11, 2007

LOT 51

Steel and Gold "Datejust" Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Datejust, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, case No. X555702, Ref. 16233. Made in 1991. Sold on August 27th 1994. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Rolex Jubilee bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted gold bezel, sapphire crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Silvered, pyramid decoration, applied yellow gold radial Roman numerals and luminous dots, aperture for the date. Yellow gold baton 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, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.