Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 15, 2016

LOT 456

ROLEX REF. 168623 MID-SIZE YACHTMASTER STEEL & GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Yacht-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. U889337, Ref. 68623. Made in 1998. 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.

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. Blue 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, 31 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.