Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 227

"Day-Date" Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, Ref. 1803. Made in the late 1970s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K white gold gentleman's wristwatch with day and date and a Rolex buckle. Accompanied by a warranty document (now void).

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Satiné silver with applied yellow gold bâton indexes and luminous dots, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Luminous white gold ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 1556, rhodium-plated, "oeil-deperdrix" decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.