Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 454

ROLEX REF. 1803 DAY-DATE RED VIGNETTE DIAMOND DIAL YELLOW GOLD Rolex, "Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified", case No. 5088203, Ref. 1803. Made in 1977. Very fine and rare, tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, self-winding, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with day and date and a gold plated Rolex buckle.

Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved lugs, fluted bezel, screw-down case back and crown, crystal with Cyclops lens. Burgundy/red set with 8 round and 2 baguette diamond indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/ second track, apertures for the day of the week and date. Luminous yellow 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.