Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 259

Ref. 1803 Day-Date Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, Ref. 1803. Made circa 1963. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Satine champagne with applied yellow gold faceted 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, 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. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.