Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010

LOT 335

Rolex Ref. 18238 Mother of Pearl & Diamond Dial Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, case No. R949114, Ref. 18238. Sold on April 5, 1989. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with day and date display on an 18K yellow gold Rolex President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and Oyster crown, faceted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Gray mother-of-pearl with applied diamond-set gold square indexes and baguette diamond indexes for the quarters, apertures for the gold-rimmed day and date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 3155, 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. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm