Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 28, 2014

LOT 431

ROLEX REF. 16610 SUBMARINER STEEL Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 1000 ft / 300 m, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. L719725, Ref. 16610. Made in 1989. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant to 300 m, stainless steel diver's Chronometer wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster Fliplock bracelet Ref. 93150.

Three-body, polished and brushed, screw down case back and crown, graduated unidirectional revolving black bezel for the decompression times, Triplock winding crown protected by the crown guard, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Black with applied steel luminous round, triangular and baton steel indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous white gold skeleton hands. Cal. 3135, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free- sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.