Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 11, 2009

LOT 90

Steel Yacht-Master Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, "Yacht-Master," Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, Ref. 168622. Made in 2001. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant to 100m., stainless steel and platinum mid-size wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Rolex Oysterlock bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, Twinlock winding-crown protected by the Crown Guard, bidirectional revolving special platinum time-lapse bezel with 60-minute graduation, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Platinum with applied luminous round, triangular and baton white gold indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous white gold skeleton hands. M. Cal. 2235, rhodium-plated, 31 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. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm.