Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006

LOT 56

Ref. 1803 Pink Gold ?Day-Date? Rolex,?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, Ref. 1803. Made in 1965. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with day and date and an 18K pink gold Rolex President bracelet by gay Frères.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, faceted bezel, crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Satiné bronze, with applied pink gold baton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute divisions, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Pink gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 1555, rhodiumplated, "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 13 mm.