A. Lange & Söhne’s New Datograph Perpetual Arrives in Style
The 116518 18K YG Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph
Ref. 116518, Cosmograph Daytona Rolex, “Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona”, case No. Y942640, Ref. 116518. Made in 2003. Fine, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, gold bezel with tachometer graduated to 400 units per hour and an 18K yellow gold Rolex deployant clasp.
C. 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.
D. Off-white with applied yellow gold Arabic numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30- minute registers, outer minute/seconds track. Luminous yellow gold baton hands.
M. Cal 4130, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 44 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and to temperatures, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed.
Courtesy of Antiquorum
THE COLLECTION OF A EUROPEAN NOBLEMAN
GENEVA – 11 MAY 2008
LOT 292
ESTIMATE PRICE: SFr.10,000-15,000
PRICE REALIZED: SFr.15,600