Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 86

Ref 1803, Stella Red Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, Ref. 1803, case No. 2743669. Made in 1971. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with ?Lacquered Stella Red? dial, day and date, and an 18K yellow gold Rolex President bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, reeded bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Red lacquered with applied yellow gold baton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute divisions, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 1556, rhodium-plated, oeil de perdrix and fausses cotes decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13.5 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.