Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 15, 2015

LOT 219

ROLEX REF 1803 BURGUNDY STELLA DIAL YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified," case No. 3474408, Ref. 1803. Made in 1972. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self- winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold Chronometer wristwatch with day and date and an 18K yellow gold President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by the original fitted box, Chronometer Certificate and guarantee (now void).

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted bezel, screwed down case back and crown. Burgundy with applied yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minutes/seconds track, apertures for the day and date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal.1556, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 26 jewels, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions, straight-line lever escapement, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.