Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.

Hong Kong, Mar 18, 2017

LOT 153

ROLEX REF. 1625 THUNDERBIRD STEEL AND YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Datejust, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 714761, Ref. 1625. Made circa 1961. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, steel and yellow gold wristwatch with date and a steel and yellow gold Rolex Jubilee bracelet and unusual dial.

HKD 28,000 - 43,000

USD 3,500 - 5,500 / CHF 3,500 - 5,500

Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, bidirectional revolving reeded gold bezel embossed with Arabic numerals in relief for 60-minute graduation, crystal with cyclops lens. Silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 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.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-8-11

Good

Slightly scratched

Slightly worn

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-13-01

Good

Slightly damaged

HANDS Original