Important Collectors' Wristwtches, Po...

New York, Sep 26, 2007

LOT 60

?Day-Date? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, Ref. 1802/1803. Made in the late 1950s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day, date and a gold-plated Rolex buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, polished bezel, crystal with "Cyclops" lens. D. Champagne with applied 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, 25 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. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.