Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 07, 2015

LOT 258

ROLEX REF. 68628 YACHT MASTER MID-SIZE YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Yacht-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. T323429, Ref. 68628. Made in 1996. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold mid sized wristwatch with special time-lapse bezel, date and 18K yellow gold Rolex Oysterlock bracelet Ref. 78748. Accompanied by the fitted box and guarantee (now void).

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.