Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 120

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual "Datejust", so-called ?Thunderbird?, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 6609. Pro-ductionof this reference started in the 1950s.Fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman?s wristwatch with date and an 18Kyellow gold Rolex buckle.

C. three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, revolving reeded and graduated bezel, crystal with "Cyclops"lens. D. black with applied gold indexes and tritium-coated dots, aperture for the date. Tritium-coated gold "alpha? hands. M. Cal. 1066,rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperaturesand 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.