Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 59

Ref. 16628 Yacht-Master Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Yacht-Master, Superlative Chronometer,Officially Certified?, caseNo.W802274, Ref. 16628. Sold on July 5th , 1996. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster Fliplock bracelet. Accompanied by a Rolex guarantee (now void), fitted wooden box and booklets.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, Triplock winding-crown protected by the Crown Guard, graduated uni-directional revolving gold bezel with 60-minute scale engraved in relief, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D.White with applied luminous yellow gold and black, round, triangular and baton indexes with luminous triangular indexes, outer minute/seconds division. Luminous yellow gold skeleton hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shockabsorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.