Important Collector's Wristwatches & ...

Grand Havana Room, Sep 22, 2004

LOT 45

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, "Datejust", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1601. Produced in the 1960s. 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. Satiné silver with applied pink gold bâton indexes, aperture for the date. Tritium coated pink gold "alpha" hands. M. Cal. 1560, 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 screws.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.