Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

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

LOT 356

Ref. 16523 "Cosmograph Daytona" Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph, Daytona?, Ref. 16523/16500. Made in 1996. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and gold gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, and stainless steel and gold Oyster Fliplock bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box and a certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and gold buttons and crown, "Triplock" winding crown protected by the "crown guard", tachometer graduation on the gold bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. D. Bicolored white and gold with applied luminous gold indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers. Luminous gold baton hands. M. Cal. 4030, 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, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.