Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 21

Rolex - Ref. 16203 - Steel & Gold - Datejust Rolex ?Oyster Perpetual, Datejust, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified,? case No. Y 920723, Ref. 16203. Made in 2002. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Oyster bracelet. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw down case back and crown, polished inclined gold bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Satine gray with applied radial yellow gold Roman numerals, outer minute track, aperture for the date. Yellow 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, free-sprung self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length 205 mm.