Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 264

"Ivory Dial - Explorer II" Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, "Explorer II", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 16550. Made circa 1988. Fine, two-time-zone, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, 24-hour bezel and hand, independently adjustable 12-hour hand and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated 24-hour bezel, "Twinlock" winding crown protected by the "crown guard", sapphire crystal with "Cyclops" lens. D. Ivory with applied luminous round, triangular and baton indexes, aperture for the date. Luminous steel "skeleton" hands. M. Cal. 3085, rhodium-plated, 27 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, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.