ROLEX YACHT-MASTER WHITE GOLD BLACK DIAL OYSTERFLEX 42MM – 226659

Original price was: $37,000.Current price is: $35,000.

SPECIFICATION
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Description

The Oyster Perpetual Yacht‑Master 42 in 18 ct white gold with a black dial and an Oysterflex bracelet.

The Oysterflex Bracelet

Highly resistant and durable

The Yacht-Master’s new Oysterflex bracelet, developed by Rolex and patented, offers a sporty alternative to metal bracelets. The bracelet attaches to the watch case and the Oysterlock safety clasp by a flexible titanium and nickel alloy metal blade.

The blade is overmoulded with high-performance black elastomer which is particularly resistant to environmental effects, very durable and perfectly inert for the wearer of the watch. For enhanced comfort, the inside of the Oysterflex bracelet is equipped with a patented longitudinal cushion system that stabilizes the watch on the wrist and fitted with an 18 ct white gold Oysterlock safety clasp. It also features the Rolex Glidelock extension system, designed by the brand and patented. This inventive toothed mechanism, integrated beneath the clasp, allows fine adjustment of the bracelet length by some 15 mm in increments of approximately 2.5 mm, without the use of tools.

18 ct white gold

Commitment to excellence

By operating its own exclusive foundry, Rolex has the unrivalled ability to cast the highest quality 18 ct gold alloys. According to the proportion of silver, copper, platinum or palladium added, different types of 18 ct gold are obtained: yellow, pink or white.

They are made with only the purest metals and meticulously inspected in an in-house laboratory with state-of-the-art equipment, before the gold is formed and shaped with the same painstaking attention to quality. Rolex’s commitment to excellence begins at the source.

Bidirectional Rotatable Bezel

Timing the distance

The Yacht-Master’s bidirectional rotatable 60-minute graduated bezel is made entirely from precious metals or fitted with a Cerachrom insert in high-tech ceramic. The raised polished numerals and graduations stand out clearly against a matt, sand-blasted background.

This functional bezel – which allows the wearer to calculate, for example, the sailing time between two buoys – is also a key component in the model’s distinctive visual identity.

Black dial

Exceptional legibility

Like all Rolex Professional watches, the Yacht‑Master 42 offers exceptional legibility in all circumstances, and especially in the dark, thanks to its Chromalight display.

The broad hands and hour markers in simple shapes – triangles, circles, rectangles – are filled with a luminescent material emitting a long-lasting glow.

More Yacht‑Master technical details

Reference 226659

    • Model case

      Oyster, 42 mm, white gold

    • Oyster architecture

      Monobloc middle case, screw-down case back and winding crown

    • Diameter

      42 mm

    • Material

      18 ct white gold

    • Bezel

      Bidirectional rotatable 60-minute graduated bezel with matt black Cerachrom insert in ceramic, polished raised numerals and graduations

    • Winding crown

      Screw-down, Triplock triple waterproofness system

    • Crystal

      Scratch-resistant sapphire, Cyclops lens over the date

    • Water resistance

      Waterproof to 100 metres / 330 feet

    • Movement

      Perpetual, mechanical, self-winding

    • Calibre

      3235, Manufacture Rolex

    • Precision

      -2/+2 sec/day, after casing

    • Functions

      Centre hour, minute and seconds hands. Instantaneous date with rapid setting. Stop-seconds for precise time setting

    • Oscillator

      Paramagnetic blue Parachrom hairspring. High-performance Paraflex shock absorbers

    • Winding

      Bidirectional self-winding via Perpetual rotor

    • Power reserve

      Approximately 70 hours

    • Bracelet

      Oysterflex

    • Material

      Flexible metal blades overmoulded with high-performance elastomer

    • Clasp

      Folding Oysterlock safety clasp with Rolex Glidelock extension system

    • Dial

      Black

    • Details

      Highly legible Chromalight display with long-lasting blue luminescence

    • Certification

      Superlative Chronometer (COSC + Rolex certification after casing)

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