Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 09, 2009

LOT 353

Rolex Ref. 16628 Yacht-Master Mother of Pearl and Sapphire Dial Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Yacht-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified,? Ref. 16628. Made in 1996. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with mother-of-pearl diamond & sapphire dial, date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oysterlock bracelet Ref. 78768. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, Triplock winding-crown protected by the Crown Guard, graduated bidirectional revolving gold bezel with 60-minute scale engraved in relief, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Mother-of-pearl set 8 round diamonds, 1 triangular 2 baguette sapphire indexes, outer minute/seconds division. Luminous yellow gold skeleton hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, free-sprung self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm.