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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007

LOT 427

Ref. 1806 ?Day-Date? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, case No. 1312168, Ref. 1806/1803. Made in 1966. Fine tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold linen-textured gentleman?s wristwatch with day and date.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 3,700 - 5,000 / USD 5,000 - 6,500

C. Three-body, solid, linen-textured and polished, screwed-down case back and crown, linen-textured bezel, crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Satiné gold with applied yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds divisions, apertures for the day of the week and the date. Luminous yellow gold ?baton? hands. M. Cal. 1555, rhodium-plated, ?oeil-de-perdrix? decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating blued steel Breguet balance spring. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm. Property of a Gentleman from Hong Kong


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Ref. 1806 is the reference number that refers to the specific characteristics of this watch, the reference 1803 is the identical watch from the same series but with a polished and brushed case and faceted bezel. The case bodies and backs are interchangeable and it was quite usual for watches to leave the factory with different references on the body and back from within the same series. A similar watch is illustrated in ?Rolex, Collecting Modern and Vintage Wristwatches?, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Edition 2006, vol. II, p. 63.