Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 08, 2015
ROLEX REF 1802 TROPICAL BLACK SPIDER DIAL Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified", case No. 1183136, Ref. 1802/1803. Made in 1964. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date and a Rolex buckle.
Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, bark-finished bezel, screw-down case back and crown, crystal with Cyclops lens. Black with applied yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minutes/seconds divisions, apertures for the day and date. Luminous yellow gold dauphine 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 | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-9-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized Scratched HANDS Original |