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New York, Jun 18, 2008

LOT 71

Ref. 16518, Yellow Gold Cosmograph Daytona Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona,? Ref. 16518. Made circa 1995. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Rolex deployable clasp.

USD 12,000 - 16,000

EUR 7,800 - 11,000

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, crown and buttons, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. D. Bicolor white and black with applied gold Arabic numerals and luminous yellow gold baton indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 4030, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.


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Case: 3-9

Good

Scratched

Movement: 2

Very good

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 16518 The ?Daytona Perpetual? was launched in 1992 and was only available in 18K gold with a leather strap. Asimilar watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, 2001 Edition, p. 467.