Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

New York, Sep 30, 2015

LOT 110

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.

USD 28,000 - 38,000

HKD 215,000 - 295,000 / CHF 27,000 - 37,000

Sold: USD 35,000

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.


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Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm. Approx. overall length 200 mm.