Exceptional Horological Sale Celebrat...

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 388

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, "Submariner - Chinese Dragon", 1000 ft/ 300 m., Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, Ref. 16613. Manufactured in the 1990s. Fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, bicolored, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, "Triplock" gold winding-crown protected by the "Crown Guard", gold graduated revolving blue bezel for the decompression times, steel case, sapphire crystal with "Cyclops" lens.D. Satiné blue with applied gold tritium-coated round, bâton and triangular indexes, aperture for the date, at 9 o'clock, a painted gold Chinese Dragon. Tritium-coated "Skeleton" gold hands.M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 40 mm.Approx. overall length 190 mm.