Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 129

ROLEX REF. 118238 DAY-DATE YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified", case No. P 246383, Ref. 118238. Made in 2002, sold in July 2002. Very fine, heavy, 18K yellow gold, water-resistant, center-seconds self-winding wristwatch with day, date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original Rolex box, Guarantee (now void), booklet and 2 service receipts dated 2007 and 2010 from Gobbi.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, faceted bezel, curved lugs, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer Roman numerals on the minute/seconds track, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 3155, rhodium plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to five positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, quick adjustment of the date and of the day of the week, hack mechanism.