Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 10, 2015
LOT 494
ROLEX REF. 1803 STELLA SEAFOAM GREEN DIAL YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. 5005021, Ref. 1803. Made in 1977. Very fine and unusual, center seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day & date and a Lacquered Stella seafoam green dial with a 14K yellow gold Rolex buckle.
CHF 15,000 - 20,000
HKD 120,000 - 160,000 / USD 16,000 - 21,000
Sold: CHF 81,250
Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. Seafoam green lacquered with applied yellow gold bâton indexes, 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.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |