Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 43

ROLEX REF. 1803 DAY DATE YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified," case No. 3468380, Ref. 1803. Made circa 1972. Fine and rare, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date with an 18K yellow gold Rolex President bracelet with deployant clasp.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, fluted bezel, screwed-down case back and crown, crystal with cyclops lens. Grey gold with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer minute division with luminous dots, apertures for the days of the week and the date, outer minutes/ seconds divisions. luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 1556, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws.