Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 63

Ref. 16800, Matte Dial Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 1000 ft. / 300m., Superlative Chronometer,Officially Certified,? case No. 8910925, Ref. 16800. Made in 1985, sold to a Nato Airbase on April 1986. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Rolex Fliplock Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by fitted box, guarantee (now void) and booklets.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated unidirectional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Black with applied luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, aperture for the date, outerminute division. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. 3035, rhodium-plated, 27 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, hackmechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.Approx. overall length 185 mm.