Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 505

Rolex Unique Ref. 16234 with Moon Phases Rolex ?Oyster Perpetual, Datejust?, case No. W913578, Ref. 16234. Sold on July 30th, 1997. Fine and unique, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, stainless steel and enamel chronometer's wristwatch with date, moon phases and a stainless steel Jubilè Rolex bracelet. Accompanied by guarantee (now void), a Rolex box and the original polished steel bezel.

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

USD 10,000 - 15,000 / EUR 7,500 - 12,000

Sold: CHF 20,625

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down back and crown, corrector on the band, flat blue enamel bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Bi-color, satiné pink and silver with applied steel Roman numerals, outer minute track, apertures for the date and the moon phases. Steel baton hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, free sprung monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Approx overall length 185 mm.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Marcello Comezzi is a well known watchmaker in Rome, Italy. On demand, he modified a Rolex DateJust Ref. 16234, adding the moon phases and a hand-made bezel with blue enamel; the dial is made up of two superimposed original Rolex dials. The caliber 3135 was modified by adding a plate on the dial side, milled with a numeric control machine to a thickness of 0.5 mm. To this are added the necessary spaces to house the moon phases, levers, springs and gears. The phase disk is enameled and diamond-polished. Even the case band was modified to accommodate the corrector for adjusting the moon phases. The case remains water-resistant to 5 atmospheres