Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 278

Stainless Steel and Gold Ref. 116523, Daytona Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona,? Ref. 116523. Made in 2003. Very fine, water-resistant, self-winding stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Rolex Oysterlock bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 UPH, sapphire crystal. D. Black with applied luminous yellow gold indexes, subsidiary gold ring dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold and black baton hands. M. Cal. 4130, rhodium-plated, oeil-deperdrix decoration, 44 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.