Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2014

LOT 54

ROLEX REF. 68623 YACHT MASTER MID-SIZE STEEL AND GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Yacht-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. U758807, Ref. 68623. Made in 1997. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with special time-lapse bezel, date and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Rolex Oysterlock bracelet Ref. 78753. Accompanied by the fitted box, guarantee (now void), hang tag, booklets and extra link.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, Triplock winding-crown protected by the crown guard, graduated bidirectional revolving gold bezel with 60-minute scale engraved in relief, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. White with applied luminous triangular markers and yellow gold and black round, triangular and bâton indexes, outer minute/ seconds track, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold skeleton hands. Rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.