Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Mar 19, 2016

LOT 43

ROLEX REF. 116523 DAYTONA BLUE DIAL STEEL & GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona", case No. Z37V1348, Ref. 116523. Sold on August 6th, 2015. Very fine, water-resistant, self- winding stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Chronometer wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Rolex Oysterlock bracelet. Accompanied by the original Rolex fitted box, Guarantee card and instruction booklet.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back, buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. Blue with applied luminous yellow gold radial Arabic numerals and square indexes, outer 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold and black baton hands Cal. 4130, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 44 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.