Importantes Montres de Collection

Geneva, May 15, 2011

LOT 161

Rolex Ref. 6611 Yellow Gold Day-Date. Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified,? case No. 998226, Ref. 6611. Made in 1954. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date and a gold plated Rolex buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Champagne with applied faceted yellow gold dart indexes, outer minute/ seconds divisions, apertures for the day and the date. Luminous yellow gold dauphine hands. M. Cal. 1065, rhodium-plated, oeil de perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating blued Breguet balance spring. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.