Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 11, 2009

LOT 198

Ref. 6535, Stainless Steel Date Rolex, Retailed by Serpico Y. Laino, ?Oyster Perpetual Date, Officially Certified Chronometer,? Ref. 6535. Made in 1958. Fine and rare, water-resistant, self-winding, center seconds, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Oyster Rolex bracelet. Accompanied by a fitted box, certificate and hang tags. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, graduated bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Silver with applied steel dart indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds division, aperture for the date. Luminous steel dauphine hands. M. Cal.1030, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 11 mm.