Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 14

ROLEX REF. 15223 DATE STEEL & GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, Ref. 15223. Made in the late 1990s. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Jubilee bracelet. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw down case back and crown, engine-turned bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Satine champagne with applied gold baton faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/second division, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, free sprung self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm.