Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 14, 2011

LOT 36

ROLEX - REF. 18238 - YELLOW GOLD DAY-DATE Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified,? Ref. 18238, case No. S 720083. Made in 1993. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with day and date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, warranty (now void), tags and booklets.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, fl uted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds track with 5-minute/ seconds Arabic markers, apertures for the quick-set day and date. Yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 3155, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, free-sprung self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.