Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 23

?Self-Winding Daytona? Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, "Cosmograph Daytona", Ref. 116520. Made in 2001. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers and tachometer, 50-hour autonomy and a special stainless steel Oyster-lock bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, pushbuttons and crown, "Triplock" winding-crown protected by the "Crown Guard", tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour,sapphire crystal. D. Off-white with tritium-coated steel indexes, subsidiary "guilloché" silver ring dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated white gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 4130, rhodium-plated,44 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber,self-compensating freesprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm.