Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 30, 2015

LOT 108

ROLEX REF. 18238 DAY-DATE BLACK DIAL (NEW, OLD STOCK) Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, officially Certified, case No. L782691, Ref. 18238. Made in 1990. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold Chronometer wristwatch with day and date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex president bracelet with concealed deployant clasp (Ref. 8385). Accompanied by the original Rolex fitted box and leather bound Rolex note pad, Warranty (now void) and instruction booklet.

USD 6,000 - 8,000

HKD 47,000 - 62,000 / CHF 5,800 - 7,800

Sold: USD 17,500

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw down case back and crown, fluted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Black with applied yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute track with 5-minute Arabic markers, apertures for the double quick-set day and date. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 3155, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, free-sprung self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.


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Dial case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm.