Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 204

ROLEX REF. 18248 MAHOGANY DIAL YELLOW GOLD & DIAMONDS Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. R792053, Ref. 18248. Made circa 1988. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with bark-finished diamond-set bezel, wood dial and an 18K yellow gold bark-finished President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, graduated bark-finished bezel set with 12 round diamonds, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens.
D. Mahogany with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer minute track, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Luminous yellow gold bâton hands.
M. Cal. 3155, rhodium plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions, straight-line lever escapement, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 195 mm.