Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2014

LOT 219

ROLEX REF 1601 DATEJUST YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual Datejust, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified", case No. 2121371, Ref. 1601. Made circa 1966. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date.

Three-body, polished and brushed, curved lugs, fluted gold bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, crystal with cyclops lens. Black with applied baton indexes, outer minute/ seconds division, aperture for the date. Gold alpha hands. Cal. 1560, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating freesprung blued steel balance spring.