Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 297

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, "Cosmograph Daytona,? Ref. 116519. Made circa 2000. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chrono-graph, registers, tachometer, 50-hour autonomy and an 18K white gold deployant "Fliplock" clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, "Triplock" winding-crownprotected by the "Crown Guard,? tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal.D. Chrysoprase with applied radial white gold Roman numerals and indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the12-hour and 30-minute registers. White gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 4130, rhodium plated, ?oeil-de-perdrix? deco-ration,44 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber,self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.