Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 127

ROLEX REF. 1803 DAY DATE BLACK DIAL WHITE INDEX WHITE GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. 2324360, Ref. 1803. Made in 1969. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with day & date and a stainless steel Rolex buckle.

CHF 13,000 - 18,000

HKD 105,000 - 146,000 / USD 13,500 - 19,500

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved lugs, fluted bezel, screwdown case back and crown, crystal with cyclops lens Black with applied white gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer 1/5th second track with 5-minute / second Arabic markers, apertures for the day and the date. Luminous white gold baton hands. Cal. 1556, rhodium plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to five positions and to temperatures, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Usually found with regular white gold plain indexes, this unusual dial configuration features the usual white gold indexes but they have a white finish to the upper part of the index which gives the dial a great contrast with the gloss black.