Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 331

ROLEX REF. 1016 EXPLORER RETAILED BY TIFFANY & CO. Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Explorer, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified,? case No. 4150580, Ref. 1016. Made in 1974. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel chronometer wristwatch with a stainless steel Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, inclined bezel, screwed-down case back and crown. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, 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