Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 267

?Ref 16618 Submariner? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Submariner, 1000ft/300m, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, Ref. 16618/16610. Made in 1991. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and blue bezel with an 18K yellow gold Rolex Oyster "Fliplock" bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated revolving blue bezel for the decompression times, "Triplock" winding-crown protected by the "Crown Guard", sapphire crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Navy blue with tritium-coated round, triangular and bâton gold indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold "skeleton" hands. M. 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.