Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 15, 2010

LOT 54

Rolex - Yellow Gold - Ref. 1675 retailed by Tiffany & Co. Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, GMT-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified,? case No. 5662260, Ref. 1675. Made in 1979. Fine, two time zone, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date, special 24-hour bezel and hand and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Jubilee bracelet with concealed 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. 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 freesprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length 185 mm.