Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Dec 01, 2004

LOT 276

Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date Just, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 6605. Made in the 1960s. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with reeded bezel.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold dart indexes, ?cyclops" aperture for the date. Radium-coated yellow gold ?arrow? hands. M. Cal. 1065, rhodium plated, ?oeil-de-perdrix? decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm.