Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Jun 14, 2007

LOT 18

?Yellow Gold Datejust" Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Datejust, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified", Ref. 1601. Made in the late 1950s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman`s wristwatch with date.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, crystal with Cyclops lens. D. Silver with applied faceted gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold "alpha" hands. M. Cal. 1560, rhodium-plated, "oeilde- perdrix" decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.