Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 28

Yellow Gold Air-King Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Air-King, Precision?, case No. 3921407, Ref. 5500/1005. Made in 1975. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 14K yellow gold wristwatch. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, polished inclined bezel, screw-down case back and crown. D. Satinè silver with applied yellow gold indexes, luminous dots, outer minute/ seconds divisions. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 1520, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating blued Breguet balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 11 mm.