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).

HKD 50,000 - 70,000

USD 6,500 - 9,000 / CHF 6,500 - 9,000

Sold: HKD 68,750

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.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 34 mm. THICKNESS 11 mm. Approx. overall length 170 mm.