Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 201

ROLEX REF. 1501 DATE YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1501 / 1500. Made in the 1970s. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, 14K yellow gold chronometer wristwatch with date.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, engine-turned bezel with hour graduations, crystal with cyclops lens.
D. Satiné champagne with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute and second track. Luminous yellow gold dauphine hands.
M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 12 mm