Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
ROLEX REF. 1803 TURQUOISE STELLA DIAL DIAMOND INDEXES YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. 4146380, Ref. 1803. Made in 1974. Very fine and very rare, center seconds, self-winding, water- resistant, 18K yellow gold and diamonds Chronometer wristwatch with day & date, Lacquered Stella Turquoise diamond dial and an 18K yellow gold Rolex President bracelet. Accompanied by a white gold bezel set with 44 round diamonds.
Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. Turquoise-color lacquered set with 8 round and 2 baguette diamond indexes, 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.