Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 450

ROLEX REF. 1803 DAY DATE YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified," case No. 3119075, Ref. 1803. Made in 1972. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date with a Rolex 18k yellow gold President bracelet with deployant clasp.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted bezel, screwed- down case back and crown, crystal with cyclops lens. Champagne with applied yellow gold baton indexes, apertures for the days of the week and the date, outer minutes / seconds divisions. Yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 1556, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws.