Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 58

Stainless Steel Turnograph Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Datejust, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, case No. U352576, Ref. 16264. Made in 1997. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant stainless steel chronometer wristwatch with an 18K white gold bezel, date, and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by fitted box.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, white gold bidirectional revolving reeded and graduated bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. White with applied steel baton indexes, outer minute track with Roman numerals, aperture for the date. White gold baton hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, 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. Approx overall length 185 mm.