Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Mar 19, 2016

LOT 97

ROLEX REF. 18238 DAY-DATE MOTHER OF PEARL RUBY AND EMERALD DIAL YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, officially Certified, case No. W 509388, Ref. 18238. Sold on October 26th, 1996. 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 warranty and an independent service invoice dated 2015.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw down case back and crown, fluted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Mother of pearl with emerald and diamond indexes, 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.