Important Collector's Wristwatches,Po...

Grand Havana Room, Mar 24, 2004

LOT 5

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual "Datejust", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 6605. Produced in the 1950s.Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with a stainlesssteel Rolex Oyster bracelet.

C. three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, pink gold fluted bezel, crystal with "Cyclops" lens. D. off-whitewith applied pink gold indexes and radium-coated dots, aperture for the date in red and black Arabic numerals. Radium-coatedpink gold "dauphine? hands. M. Cal. 1065, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjustedto temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring. Dial, case and movementsigned.Diam. 35 mm.