Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 17, 2013

LOT 523

ROLEX REF. 118206 PLATINUM DAY-DATE ? DIAMOND BLACK DIAL Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, case No. D674870, Ref. 118206. Sold in 2008. Very fine and very rare, heavy, platinum, water-resistant centerseconds self-winding wristwatch with day, date and a platinum Rolex President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Rolex box and Guarantee (now void)

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, curved inclined bezel, curved lugs, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Black with applied white gold diamond-set hour indexes, baguette diamond quarter-hour indexes, outer Roman numerals on the minute/seconds track, apertures for the days of the week (in Italian) and the date. White gold baton hands. M. Cal. 3155, rhodium plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to five positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, quick adjustment of the date and of the day of the week. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 12.5 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm. Approx weight 228 g