Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 168

ROLEX REF. 1675 GMT MASTER POINTED CROWN GUARD TROPICAL DIAL Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, GMT-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 1504019, Ref. 1675. Made in the 1960s. Fine, two time zone, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, stainless steel wristwatch with date, special 24-hour bezel and hand with a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet and deployant clasp.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, curved lugs, screw down case back and crown, Twinlock winding-crown protected by the crown guard, bidirectional revolving graduated 24-hour red and blue bezel for the second time zone, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Black with luminous round, baton and triangular indexes, outer minutes/seconds track, aperture for the date with Cyclops lens. Luminous steel skeleton hands. M. Cal. 1570, 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. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.