Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 11, 2012

LOT 81

ROLEX REF. 116619 SUBMARINER WHITE GOLD Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 1000ft / 300m, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified,? case No. M910721, Ref. 116619. Sold on November 2008. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold wristwatch with date, blue ceramic bezel and an 18K white gold Rolex Oyster Fliplock bracelet with Glidelock clasp. Accompanied by fitted box, guarantee, booklets and hang tag.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated unidirectional revolving blue ceramic bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding-crown protected by the crown guard, sapphire crystal with Cyclops lens. D. Blue with luminous round, triangular and baton white gold indexes, outer minutes/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous white gold skeleton hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 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. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm.