Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 11, 2014

LOT 105

ROLEX REF. 6605 DATEJUST YELLOW GOLD, TROPICAL SPYDER DIAL Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Datejust, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 432797, Ref. 6605. Made in 1958. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, water resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with date and a yellow gold plated Rolex buckle.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw down case back and crown, fluted bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. Brown with applied yellow gold dart indexes and luminous dots, outer minute track, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold alpha hands. Cal. 1065, rhodium plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring.