Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 455

ROLEX REF. 1803 DAY-DATE GREEN VIGNETTE DIAMOND DIAL WHITE GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified", case No. 2612413, Ref. 1803. Made in 1969. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with day and date and a stainless steel Rolex buckle.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved lugs, fluted bezel, screw-down case back and crown, crystal with cyclops lens. Green set with 8 round and 2 baguette diamond indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/second track, apertures for the day of the week and the date. Luminous white gold baton hands. Cal. 1556, rhodium plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to five positions and to temperatures, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.