Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 350

Pink Gold Ref. 1501 ?Date? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, Ref. 1501. Case No. 1796266. Made in 1968. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and an 18K pink gold Oyster bracelet.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 3,800 - 5,000 / USD 4,800 - 6,500

Sold: CHF 10,030

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, engine-turned bezel with hour divisions, crystal with "Cyclops" lens. D. Satiné silver with baton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous gold "bâton" hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of a German Collector


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-12

Good

Worn

Movement: 2

Very good

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Similar watches are published in ?Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2005, vol. I, p. 279.