Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 12, 2013

LOT 254

ROLEX REF 1803 DAY DATE YELLOW GOLD Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, case No.5193503, Ref. 1803. Made in 1977. Fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date and an 18K yellow gold Rolex President bracelet with deployant clasp

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, reeded bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes, luminous dots, apertures for the days of the week and the date, outer minutes/ seconds divisions. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 1556, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, hack mechanism. Dial, case, and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx overall lenght: 200mm.