$14,160
“Ref. 16518 Cosmograph Daytona” Rolex, “Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona”, Ref. 16518. Made in 1999, sold on May, 23, 2000. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round-button chronograph, registers, tachometer and an 18K yellow gold Rolex deployant fliplock clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box and chronometer certificate. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, crown and buttons, "Triplock" winding-crown protected by the “crown guard”, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. Mother-of-Pearl with applied gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Yellow gold “baton” hands. Cal. 4030, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating freesprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2007-09-26
