Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 11, 2012

LOT 156

ROLEX, REF. 1804 PLATINUM DAY-DATE Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. 2913129, Ref. 1804. Made in 1972. Fine and very rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum and diamond wristwatch with day, date and a platinum Rolex President bracelet with concealed clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, bezel set with 44 diamonds, plastic crystal with cyclops lens. D. Satine silver set with 8 round and 2 baguette diamond indexes, outer minute / seconds divisions, apertures for the day of the week and the date. White gold and black inlay baton hands. M. Cal. 1556, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm. Approx. overall length 185mm. Property of the original owner