Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 12, 2013

LOT 108

ROLEX REF. 1601- STEEL AND WHITE GOLD DATEJUST Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual Datejust, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified?, case No. 3338251, Ref. 1601. Made in 1973. Fine, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel and white gold wristwatch with date and a stainless steel Rolex Jubilee bracelet Ref. 6251H with deployant clasp

C. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, faceted white gold bezel, crystal with cyclops lens. D. Grey with applied baton indexes, luminous dots, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Steel luminous baton hands. M. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 35.5 mm. THICKNESS 12.5 mm. Approx overall length 158 mm.