Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 08, 2010

LOT 193

Rolex - Ref. 1803 - Day-Date Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. 854189, Ref. 1803. Made in 1960. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Black with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds divisions, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Luminous yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 1555, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 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. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.