Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011

LOT 67

Rolex Ref 1501 Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified", case No. 953774, Ref. 1501. Made in 1963, sold in July 1964. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Accompanied by the original guarantee (now void), COSC and sales receipt.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated engine-turned bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Silver with applied faceted steel indexes, outer minute track, aperture for the date. Steel dauphine hands. M. Cal. 1560, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 35 mm. Thickness 11 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.