Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 372

Yellow Gold Ref. 1675 Color-Change Dial Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, GMT-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, case No. 5954688, Ref. 1675. Made in 1979. Fine, two time zone, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date, special 24-hour bezel and hand and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Jubilee bracelet with concealed 18K pink gold deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, Twinlock winding-crown protected by the crown guard, bidirectional revolving graduated 24-hour black bezel for the second time zone, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Color change black with applied luminous yellow gold round, baton and triangular indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold skeleton hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length 175 mm.