Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 18

ROLEX REF. 18238 DAY-DATE YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 8720083, Ref. 18238. Made circa 1990. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with day and date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw down case back and crown, fl uted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds track with 5-minute/ seconds Arabic markers, apertures for the quick-set day and date. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 3155, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 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, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.