Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Mar 19, 2016

LOT 104

ROLEX REF. 116189 MOTHER-OF-PEARL DIAMONDS AND WHITE GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual Datejust, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified", case No. D498906, Ref. 116189. Made in 2005. Very fine, rare and unusual, center-seconds, self-winding, water- resistant, 18K white gold and diamond-set wristwatch with black diamond-set mother of pearl dial and date with an 18k white gold Rolex locking deployant buckle. Accompanied by a Rolex box and certificate.

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and Oyster crown, diamond-set bezel, concealed lugs, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Black mother-of-pearl, applied white gold diamond-set indexes, aperture for the date, raised flange with serial number and Rolex repeated. White gold luminous baton hands. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.