Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 11, 2013

LOT 307

ROLEX REF. 1675 GMT-MASTER YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, GMT-Master, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 2681639, Ref. 1675. Made in 1969. Fine, two time zone, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date, 24-hour bezel and hand and an 18K yellow gold Rolex Jubilee bracelet with deployant clasp.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, Twinlock winding- crown protected by the crown guard, bidirectional revolving graduated 24-hour bronze bezel for the second time zone, crystal with cyclops lens. Brown with applied luminous yellow gold round, baton and triangular indexes, outer minute/ seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold skeleton hands. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, 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, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed.