Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 12, 2012

LOT 115

ROLEX REF. 116509 DAYTONA COLOR CHANGE DIAL WHITE GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona, case No. D181534, Ref. 116509. Made in 2005. Very fine and rare, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold chronometer wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K white gold Rolex Oysterlock bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw down case back, buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. D. Satiné silver with applied black radial Arabic numerals and luminous indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers, outer minute/seconds track. Luminous white gold baton hands. M. Cal. 4130, rhodium-plated, 44 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 12.5 mm. Approx overall length 200 mm.