Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 120

Rolex Steel Ref 1501 Date Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified", case No. 5844105, Ref. 1501. Made in 1979. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated engine-turned bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Satiné silver with applied faceted steel indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/second divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous steel baton hands. M. Cal. 1570, 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 12 mm. Approx. overall length 180 mm.