Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Mar 10, 2010

LOT 43

Rolex Stainless Steel, Ref. 1501 Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified,? Ref. 1501/15000. Made in 1980. Fine, water-resistant, center seconds, self-winding, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet with deployant clasp. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed down case back and crown, polished bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Satine silver with applied steel baton indexes, outer minute divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 1560, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating freesprung Breguet balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 12 mm.