Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 25, 2012

LOT 233

ROLEX REF. 1680 SULTAN QABOOS BIN SAID OF OMAN Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, case No. 3566317, Ref. 1680. Made in 1973, on special order for the Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, retailed by Asprey. Very fine and extraordinary rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and an 18K yellow gold Oyster Fliplock bracelet. To be sold without reserve

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving blue bezel for the decompression times, winding-crown protected by the crown guard, inside case back engraved with ?3566317?, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Blue with applied luminous yellow gold round, triangular and baton indexes, with the yellow signature of Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, aperture for the date, outer minute/seconds divisions. Luminous yellow gold skeleton hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and fi ve positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 17 mm. Approx overall length 195 mm.