Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014

LOT 429

ROLEX REF. 16613 SUBMARINER RETAILED BY TIFFANY & CO STEEL AND GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 1000 ft /330 m, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified," case No. E739871, Ref. 16613/16610. Made circa 1990s. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold diver's Chronometer wristwatch with date and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Fliplock Oyster bracelet.

Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, graduated unidirectional revolving blue bezel for the decompression times, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Black with applied gold luminous round, baton and triangular indexes, outer minute track, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold skeleton hands. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.