Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Apr 15, 2015
LOT 113
ROLEX REF. 1625 THUNDERBIRD STEEL AND WHITE GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Datejust, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 2390374, ref. 1625. Made in 1968. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, steel and white gold wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Rolex Jubilee bracelet. Accompanied by the original Rolex box, guarantee (now void) and service guarantee dated November 1977.
USD 2,500 - 3,500
HKD 19,500 - 27,000 / CHF 2,500 - 3,500
Sold: USD 2,750
Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, bidirectional revolving reeded white gold bezel embossed with Arabic numerals in relief for 60-minute graduation, crystal with cyclops lens. Satine silver with applied white gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous white gold baton hands. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-9 |
Good Scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |