Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 05, 2009

LOT 484

Yellow Gold Ref. 1675 Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, GMT-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1675. Made in the late 1960s. Fine, two time zone, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date, special 24-hour bezel and hand and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Jubilee bracelet with deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, Twinlock winding-crown protected by the crown guard, bidirectional revolving graduated 24-hour brown bezel for the second time-zone, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Brown with applied luminous yellow gold round, baton and triangular indexes, outer minute/seconds track, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold skeleton 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, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12 mm.