Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Mar 19, 2016

LOT 105

ROLEX REF. 116599 DAYTONA BAGUETTE DIAMOND RUBY WHITE GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona, case No. Z783233, Ref. 116599. Made in 2006. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold, baguette diamond and ruby-set wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, diamond-set dial and lugs and an 18K white gold Rolex Fliplock deployant clasp.

HKD 560,000 - 640,000

USD 72,000 - 82,000 / CHF 72,000 - 82,000

Sold: HKD 700,000

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, the bezel set with 32 baguette diamonds and 4 rubies, hooded lugs set with 48 white diamonds, screw down case back, crown and buttons, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, sapphire crystal. Diamond-set with applied blue Roman numerals, Arabic quarter-hour numerals, guilloche subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. White 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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Grade:
Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

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