Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 121

ROLEX REF. 18038 DAY-DATE SULTAN QABOOS BIN SAID OF OMAN 18K YELLOW GOLD AND DIAMOND Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. 6337686, Ref. 18038/18000. Made circa 1979. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold and diamonds wristwatch with day and date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex President bracelet with hidden deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens
D. Gold with applied 8 round & 2 baguette diamond-set indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, signature of Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, apertures for the day of the week and quick-set date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands.
M. Cal. 3055, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length 170 mm.