Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Nov 25, 2006

LOT 187

Ref. 1803, Pink Gold ?Day-Date? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, case No. 2052028, Ref. 1803. Made in 1969. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with day, date and an 18K pink gold Rolex buckle. Accompanied by a service certificate from Rolex, Japan.Property of a Japanese Gentleman

HKD 50,000 - 60,000

USD 6,500 - 7,700 / EUR 5,000 - 6,000

Sold: HKD 82,600

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, faceted bezel, crystal with Cyclops lens.
D. Satiné silver with ten applied diamond indexes, luminous dots, outer minute/seconds divisions, apertures for the day of the week and the date. Luminous pink gold ?baton? hands.
M. Cal. 1556, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Similar watches are published in ?Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, 2006, vol I. pp. 323-328 and Vol. II, pp. 60-62.