Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 15, 2005

LOT 179

"Yacht-Master" Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, "Yacht- Master", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 16628. Made in the late 1990s. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with special time-lapse bezel, date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex "Oysterlock" bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down caseback and crown, "Triplock" winding-crown protected by thecrown guard, graduated bi-directional revolving gold bezel with60-minute scale engraved in relief, sapphire crystal with"cyclops" lens. D. Blue with applied tritium-coated yellow goldround, triangular and bâton indexes. Tritium-coated yellow gold"skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, "oeil-deperdrix"decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement,monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions,shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balancespring,Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm.