Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Mar 10, 2011

LOT 56

Rolex - Datejust - 18k - Yellow Gold Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Datejust, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified,? case No. 937694, Ref. 1601. Made in 1959. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch. To be sold without reserve

C. hree-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Satine silver with applied faceted yellow gold dart indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/ seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold alpha hands. M. Cal. 1560, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.