Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 66

Ref. 1016 - Explorer Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Explorer, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, Ref. 1016. Made circa 1980. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate (now void), pamphlets and service records.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, 26 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 13 mm. Property of Various Owners