Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 507

Rolex - Ref. 6567 - Yellow Gold Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, case No. 446979, Ref. 6567/6565. Made in 1959. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch.

C. Two-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, fluted bezel. D. Off-white with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes, outer minute/second divisions. Luminous yellow gold alpha hands. m. Cal. 1030, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, index regulator, ?Butterfly? rotor. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 12 mm.