Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 53

Ref. 16518 ?Cosmograph Daytona? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph, Daytona?, Ref. 16518. Made circa 1995. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch, with round button chronograph, registers, and tachometer, leather strap and 18K yellow gold Rolex Fliplock clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished, brushed, screw-down case back, "Triplock" crown protected by the ?crown guard?, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. D. Bicolor white and black with applied gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous gold "baton" hands. M. Cal. 4030, 13''', rhodium-plated, "oeilde- perdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, lever escapement, Superbalance adjusted to 6 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.