Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 296

Stainless Steel, Ref. 1500 Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, case No. 6077209, Ref. 1500. Made in 1979. Fine, tonneau-shaped, water-resistant, center seconds, self-winding, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet with deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed down case back and crown, domed polished bezel, curved lugs, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Blue with applied steel baton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodiumplated, 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. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx overall length 180 mm.