Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 17, 2013

LOT 83

Rolex ReF. 18238 Day-Date Yellow Gold, Diamond index Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, officially Certified, case no. w846149, ref. 18238. sold on June 6th, 1997. 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. accompanied by the original warranty (now void), fitted box, hang tag and booklets.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw down case back and crown, fluted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Silver with applied baguette and square-cut diamond indexes, outer minute/seconds track, 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 145 mm.