Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 15, 2015
LOT 385
ROLEX REF 1802/1803 BURGUNDY STELLA DIAL Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified", case No. 497613X, Ref. 1802/1803. Made in 1977. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date and a Rolex buckle.
CHF 11,000 - 17,000
HKD 92,000 - 142,000 / USD 12,000 - 18,300
Sold: CHF 17,500
Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, bark-finished bezel, screw-down case back and crown, crystal with Cyclops lens. Burgundy dial with applied luminous yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minutes/seconds divisions, apertures for the day and date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal.1555, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 26 jewels, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions, straight line lever escapement, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |