Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 12, 2012

LOT 233

ROLEX REF. 1675 GMT MASTER POINTED CROWN GUARD GILT DIAL STEEL Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, GMT-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 696675, Ref. 1675. Made in 1961. 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. 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. 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length 200 mm.