Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 27, 2011

LOT 512

Rolex, Yellow Gold, Ref. 1803 ? ?Day -Date? Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified,? case No. 3175587, Ref. 1803. Made in 1972. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day & date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex buckle. Accompanied by the original box, guarantee, instruction booklet and Official Chronometer Certification.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, fluted bezel, screweddown case back and crown, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds divisions, apertures for the day of the week and date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 1556, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.