Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 26, 2013

LOT 152

ROLEX REF 1803 DAY DATE YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified", case No. 3078664, Ref. 1803. Made circa 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. 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. 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.