Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 13

ROLEX REF. 1603 DATEJUST STEEL Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Datejust, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 633416, Ref. 1603. Made in 1960. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Jubilee bracelet. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw down case back and crown, plain bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Satine silver with applied faceted steel baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous steel 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 freesprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm.