Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po...

Geneva, Nov 14, 2009

LOT 148

Ref. 16628 Yacht-Master Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Yacht-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, case No. D920157, Ref. 16628. Made in 2005. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster Fliplock bracelet. Accompanied by fitted wooden box and booklet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, Triplock winding-crown protected by the Crown Guard, graduated uni-directional revolving gold bezel with 60-minute scale engraved in relief, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. White with applied luminous yellow gold and black, round, triangular and baton indexes with luminous triangular indexes, outer minute/seconds division, aperture for the the date. Luminous yellow gold skeleton hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, oeil de perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.