Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 07, 2015

LOT 263

ROLEX REF. 116598 DIAMOND AND COGNAC SAPPHIRE LEOPARD YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona," case No. K594774, Ref. 116598. Made circa 2001. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold, diamond and cognac sapphire-set wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, special diamond-set leopard dial, leopard strap and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Fliplock deployant clasp.

HKD 220,000 - 270,000

USD 28,000 - 35,000 / CHF 25,000 - 31,000

Sold: HKD 362,500

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, the bezel set with 36 baguette cognac sapphires, hooded lugs set with 48 white diamonds, screwed-down case back, crown and buttons, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, sapphire crystal. Leopard skin effect with applied yellow gold and diamond-set square indexes, Arabic quarter-hour numerals, guilloche subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Yellow gold and black baton hands. Cal. 4130, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 1

As new

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 40 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm.