Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 481

ROLEX REF. 1803 STELLA DIAL "JET BLACK" ORIGINAL BOX GUARANTEE & TAG PINK GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified", case No. 3276187, Ref. 1803. Made in 1971. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold wristwatch with day and date and an 18K pink gold Rolex president bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Accompanied by a Rolex box, original guarantee and hang-tag

CHF 22,000 - 32,000

HKD 180,000 - 260,000 / USD 23,000 - 33,000

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, faceted bezel, screw-down case back and crown, crystal with Cyclops lens. Black with applied gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minutes/seconds divisions, apertures for the day and date. Luminous gold baton hands. Cal.1556, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 26 jewels, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and five positions, straight line lever escapement, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet 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. A rare pink gold version of the Day- Date with the original guarantee and tag. Enhanced by the black stella dial in excellent state of preservation.