Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 476

Ref. 16238, Jubilee Dial Datejust Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Datejust, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, Ref. 16238. Made circa 1992. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Jubilee bracelet with hidden deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted inner and outer box.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Ivory color, ?Jubilee?, with applied luminous yellow gold baton indexes, outer minute track, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 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