Important Collectors’ Wristwatches,Po...

New York, Mar 23, 2005

LOT 26

So-called ?Thunderbird? Rolex, Oyster Perpetual ?Datejust,? Officially Cer-tified Chronometer, Ref. 6609. Made in the 1950s. Fine and rare, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold gentleman?s wristwatch with date.

C. Three-body, solid, polished andbrushed, screwed-down case back andwinding crown, revolving reeded andgraduated bezel, crystal with "cyclops"lens. D. Matte silver with applied trian-gularpink gold indexes and tritiumcoated dots, aperture for the date.Tritium coated gold "alpha? hands.M. Cal. 1066, rhodium plated, "oeil-de-perdrix"decoration, 25 jewels, straightline lever escapement, monometallicbalance adjusted to temperatures and 5positions, shock-absorber, self-compen-satingfree-sprung Breguet balance-spring.Dial, case and movement signed.Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.