Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 91

Ref. 116519 Black Dial Daytona Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona,? Ref. 116519. Made circa 2002. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K white gold Fliplock deployant clasp.

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 units per hour, sapphire crystal. D. Bicolor black and silver with applied luminous white gold indexes, subsidiary silver ring dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds division. Luminous white gold baton hands. M. Cal. 4130, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 44 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating freesprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm.