Important Collector's Wristwatches & ...

Grand Havana Room, Sep 22, 2004

LOT 140

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual "Date", Ref. 6517. Produced in the early 1960s. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold lady's wristwatch with date and an 18K pink gold Oyster bracelet.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, flat bezel, crystal with "cyclops" lens. D. Black tapestry with applied tritium coated pink gold bâton indexes, aperture for the date. Tritium coated pink gold "alpha" hands. M. Cal. 1160, rhodium plated, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating flat balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 25 mm.