Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011

LOT 293

Rolex Ref. 1803 - White Gold - Day-Date Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified,? case No. 1069101, Ref. 1803. Made circa 1959. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, 18K white gold chronometer wristwatch with day and date with a 18K white gold Rolex buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Anthracite with white roman numerals indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds division, apertures for the day of the week and the date. Luminous white gold baton 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 blued steel Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.