Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ...

Geneva, May 10, 2009

LOT 217

Ref. 1503 - Date Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, case No 2736797, Ref. 1503. Made in 1971. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with date and a yellow gold-plated Rolex buckle. To be sold without reserve

CHF 3,000 - 6,000

USD 2,600 - 5,200 / EUR 2,000 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 3,360

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, reeded bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/second division, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, oeil de perdrix and fausses cotes decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung blued steel Breguet balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original