Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 344

Ref. 116519, White Gold, Meteorite Dial Daytona Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona,? Ref. 116519. Made circa 2005. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K white gold Fliplock deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, warranty (now void), hang tags and instruction manual. To be sold without reserve

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. Meteorite with applied radial white gold Roman numerals and square indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer 1/5th seconds division. White gold and black 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 free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm.