Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Grand Havana Room, May 26, 2004

LOT 69

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual,"Datejust", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1601. Produced in the 1970s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and an 18K pink gold Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, crystal with "Cyclops" lens. D. Bronze linen with applied pink gold indexes, aperture for the date. Tritium-coated pink gold "dauphine" hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated,"oeil-de-perdrix" decoration, 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 screwsDial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.