Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 160

Rolex - Sterling Silver - Retailed by Ellis Bros. Rolex, case No. 652299. Made circa 1918. Fine and rare, sterling silver wristwatch with a stainless steel Rolex buckle. Accompanied by a folder containing various photos and historical documents, maps, letters, of Lt. E. V. Holland, prisoner of war in Germany during the 1st World War. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, solid, polished, hinged bezel and back, hinged wire lugs, case back engraved: To Mother from Edmund Ayr. Scotland, during the Great German War, 28-4-1918. D. Guilloche silver with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat balance spring. Case and movement signed, dial signed: Ellis Bros. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 9 mm.