Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 26, 2013

LOT 150

ROLEX REF 1803 DAY DATE CHARCOAL BROWN DIAL YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified", case No. 2744682, Ref. 1803. Made in 1970. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, day and date, 18K yellow gold wristwatch.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, faceted bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, crystal with cyclops lens. Charcoal brown 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. 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.