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
Diameter 40 mm.
Length 175 mm. (approx.)
Caliber 4030, adjusted to 5 positions and temperatures (ebauche by Zenith “El Primero”)
Signature dial, case and movement