Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007

LOT 24

Ref. 16523, ?Diamond Dial? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona", Ref. 16523/16500, No. S862211. Made circa 1994. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Rolex Oysterlock bracelet. Accompanied by the original fitted box and certificate.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, "Triplock" winding-crown protected by the "Crown Guard", tachometer graduation on the gold bezel to 400 units per hour, flat sapphire crystal. D. Bicolored black and champagne, applied yellow gold diamond-set indexes and radial Arabic fifteen minutes, subsidiary gold chapter rings for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 4030, 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.