Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, May 10, 2020
LOT 90
Rolex - Ref. 16518, self-winding, chronograph, minute and hour recorders, white colour dial; “Cosmograph” “Daytona”, so-called “Zenith movement”; 18K yellow gold
HKD 118,000 - 142,000
USD 15,000 - 18,000 / EUR 13,700 - 16,400 / CHF 15,000 - 18,000
Sold: HKD 131,250
18K yellow gold, self-winding, tonneau-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, water-resistant with screwed case-back, white colour dial with suspended numerals, subsidiary seconds at 9 and three horological complications: • 1/10 second chronograph (activated by the two round screwed push-pieces) with tachometric scale graduated on the gold bezel for 400 units per hour • Half-instantaneous 30-minute recorder (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock) • 12-hour recorder (subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock).
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 2 * |
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Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Rolex, Geneva
Model “Oyster Perpetual” “Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified” “Cosmograph” “Daytona”
Reference 16518
Year circa 1995
Case No. W 318 225
Material 18K yellow gold
Bracelet white rubber Rolex strap
Buckle 18K yellow gold Rolex “Oyster” “fliplock” deployant clasp
Caliber 4030, adjusted to 5 positions and temperatures (ebauche by Zenith “El Primero”)
Diameter 40 mm.
Length 175 mm. (approx.)
Signature dial, case and movement