Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 253

Rolex datejust steel Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, DateJust", case No. 5905152, Ref. 16250. Made in 1980. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Rolex Jubilee bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Rolex service paper dated May 2008.

C.Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down dedicated case back and crown, bi-directional revolving reeded and graduated bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Satiné blue with applied steel faceted baton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute/ second division, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 3035, rhodium-plated, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, microstella regulating screws, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx overall length 185 mm.