$8,400
Ref. 16523, Stainless Steel and Yellow Gold “Daytona” Rolex, “Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph, Daytona,” Ref. 16523. Made in 1998, sold on September 25, 1999. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, and a stainless steel and 18K yellow gold Oyster Fliplock bracelet. Accompanied by a hang tag, red seal, Guarantee document (now void), and the original fitted box. 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. Bicolor black and champagne with applied luminous gold indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 4030, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, selfcompensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-04-17