Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 07, 2005

LOT 169

?The Walnut? Rolex, Ref. 5482. Made in the 1950s. Fine and unusual, 18K yellow gold watch in the form of a walnut.

C. Two-body, solid, polished, encased into an 18K yellow gold spring-loaded walnut shell. D. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold dart indexes. Yellow gold "feuille" hands. M. Cal. 282, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balancespring. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. of the inner case 15 mm. Thickness: 6 mm. Walnut actual size.