Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Dec 07, 2011

LOT 348

ROLEX REF. 1500 YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 5970258, Ref. 1500. Made in 1979. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 14K yellow gold wristwatch with date.

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Champagne with applied yellow gold faceted baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds track, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. M. Cal. 1570, 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, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 34 mm. Thickness 11 mm.