Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 326

Rolex - Ref. 18038 - Yellow Gold - Day-Date Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified,? Ref. 18038/18000. Made in 1979. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with day & date and an 18K yellow gold President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens, back engraved: W.P.B. 27.2.80. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds division, apertures for the day of the week and date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. m. Cal. 3055, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 27 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 195 mm.