Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 289

Day-Date Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, Ref. 18238. Made circa 1990. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, selfwinding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with a diamond-set dial, day and date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex President bracelet with concealed deployable clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, sapphire crystal with Cyclops lens. D. Shaded red and black with 8 brilliant and 2 baguette-cut 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. Property of Various Owners