Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 05, 2007

LOT 281

Ref. 1500 - Date ? Blue Dial Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, Ref. 1500. Made circa 1970. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with blue dial, date and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by a certificate (now void).

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, crystal with Cyclops lens. D. Blue with applied steel faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds track, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Property of Various Owners