Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Mar 19, 2016

LOT 44

ROLEX REF. 16528 COSMOGRAPH DAYTONA MARK II INVERTED 6, YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Cosmograph, Daytona," case No. L235978 Ref. 16528. Made in 1990. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch, with round button chronograph, registers, bezel with tachometer graduated to 400 UPH and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oysterlock bracelet. Accompanied by the original fitted box, and Chronometer seal.

HKD 150,000 - 250,000

USD 19,000 - 32,000 / CHF 19,000 - 32,000

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. Champagne with diamond indexes, outer minute and 1/5th seconds track, subsidiary guilloche black ring dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 4030, rhodium-plated, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, self compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
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 13 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm. Produced for only a year, this model represents the second variation made of the newly redesigned DAYTONA launched in 1988. Instantly recognizable by having only four lines on the dial (it lacks the wording officially certified) and features the graduation until 200 only and the words units per hour engraved at 3 o clock. A rare early version of the 16528 in excellent condition.