Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 07, 2015

LOT 276

ROLEX REF. 1803 STELLA GREEN DIAL YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. 1703798, Ref. 1803. Made in 1968. Very fine and unusual, center seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day & date and a Lacquered Stella green dial with a Rolex buckle.

HKD 77,000 - 155,000

USD 10,000 - 20,000 / CHF 8,700 - 17,500

Sold: HKD 125,000

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. Green lacquered with applied yellow gold bâton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute divisions, apertures for the days of the week and the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 1556, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3-19

Good

Dent(s)

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-72-25-01

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Chipped winding aperture

Chipped

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm.