Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 12, 2013

LOT 251

ROLEX REF. 18238 DAY-DATE YELLOW GOLD & DIAMONDS ? TIGER?S EYE & DIAMOND DIAL Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, case No. L600706, Ref. 18238. Made in 1989. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold and diamond-set chronometer wristwatch with day and date display, tiger?s eye and diamond dial and an 18K yellow gold polished and textured Rolex President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, the bezel and bezel rim set with round white diamonds, screw-down case back and Oyster crown, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Tiger?s eye with applied diamond-set gold square indexes, apertures for the gold-rimmed day and date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 3155, rhodium-plated, oeil de perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, free-sprung monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 170 mm.