Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 216

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, "Air-King" Precision, Ref. 14010. Made in the 1990s. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentle-man?s wristwatch with a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed,screwed-down case back and crown,graduated engine-turned bezel, sapphirecrystal. D. Blue with applied steel bâtonindexes and luminous dots, aperture forthe date. Luminous steel "bâton? hands.M. Cal. 3000, rhodium plated, "oeil-de-perdrix"decoration, 27 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallicbalance adjusted to temperatures and 5positions, shock-absorber, self-compen-satingfree-sprung flat balance-spring,Microstella regulating screws, hackmechanism.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 34 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.