Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 10, 2015

LOT 483

ROLEX REF. 1803 DAY DATE ORIGINAL BULLETIN DE MARCHE WHITE GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. 873319, Ref. 1803. Made circa 1960. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with day & date. Accompanied by the original Bulletin de Marche.

CHF 12,000 - 18,000

HKD 97,000 - 146,000 / USD 12,500 - 19,000

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved lugs, fluted bezel, screw-down case back and Twinlock crown, crystal with cyclops lens Satine silver with applied elongated narrow white gold hour indexes and wide wedgeshaped quarter-hour indexes, outer 1/5th second track, apertures for the day and the date. White gold alpha hands. Cal. 1555, rhodium plated, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to five positions and to temperatures, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring, Microstella regulating screws.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 12 mm. Sold with the original Bulletin de Marche dated November 22nd, 1962. A very elegant and relatively early example of the rarer white gold Day- Date. The dial is simple and refined with elongated indexes for the hours and wider wedge-shaped indexes for the quarters, perfectly complemented by the alpha hands. The Twinlock crown is configured with two dots beneath the Rolex logo as prescribed for the white gold model.