Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 15, 2015

LOT 99

ROLEX REF. 1802 PLATINUM DAY-DATE DIAMOND DIAL Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified," case No. 1014269, Ref. 1802/1804. Made in 1964. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, platinum wristwatch with day & date and a platinum President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by a fitted box.

Three-body, solid, polished, screwed-down case back and crown, polished bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. Satiné silver with 8 round and two baguette-set diamond indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, apertures for the days of the week and the date. White gold bâton hands. Cal. 1556, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring.