Important Collectors’ Wristwatches Po...

New York, Mar 15, 2006

LOT 228

"Day-Date" Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, Ref. 1803. Made in the late 1960s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow 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 champagne with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Yellow gold ?bâton? hands. M. Cal. 1556, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.