Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 95

White Gold Day-Date Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, Ref. 1803. Made in 1972. Very fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K white gold chronometer wristwatch with day and date and an 18K white gold Rolex President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by a service invoice from Rolex, Japan dated May 30, 2007.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Satiné blue with applied white gold baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, apertures for the day of the week and date. Luminous white gold baton hands. M. Cal. 1556, rhodiumplated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.