Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 158

Rolex Ref. 16220 Stainless Steel Datejust Rolex ?Oyster Perpetual, Datejust, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified,? Ref. 16220. Made in circa 1998. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel chronometer wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Rolex Jubilee bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down back and gold crown, engine-turned bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Textured silver with applied white gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds track, aperture for the date. Luminous white gold baton hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length 200 mm.