Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 689

Oyster Perpetual Date, Ref. 1530 Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified,? case No. 4138851, Ref. 1530. Made in 1976. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel chronometer wristwatch with jumptype date and an integral stainless steel Rolex link bracelet with deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Rolex service guarantee dated March, 2005. .

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, polished domed bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. D. Two-tone silver with applied steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds track, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm