Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 26

Steel and White Gold, Ref. 16014 Rolex ?Oyster Perpetual, Datejust, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, case No. 8418628, Ref. 16014/16000. Made in 1981. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K white gold wristwatch with date and a stainless steel ?Jubilee? bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by warranty (now void) and fitted box. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, faceted white gold bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Satine silver with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous white gold baton hands. M. Cal. 3035, rhodium plated, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx overall length 175 mm.