Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 12, 2013

LOT 255

ROLEX DAY DATE REF 1804 PLATINUM Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified?, case No. 3700303, Ref. 1804. Made in the 1974. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, selfwinding, water-resistant, platinum and diamond wristwatch with day, date and a platinum Rolex President bracelet with concealed clasp.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, bezel set with diamonds, sapphire crystal with Cyclops lens. D. Satine silver set with 8 square and 2 baguette diamond indexes, outer minutes / seconds divisions, apertures for the day of the week and the date. Luminous white gold baton hands. M. Cal. 3035, rhodium-plated, 27 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, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm. Approx overall length: 175 mm.