Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 22, 2013

LOT 202

ROLEX REF. 1803 DAY DATE WHITE GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. 5230924, Ref. 1803. Made circa 1977. Very fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, 18K white gold wristwatch with day & date and an 18K white gold Rolex buckle.

C. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, curved lugs, fluted bezel, screwdown case back and crown, crystal with cyclops lens
D. Silver 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.
M. 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 13 mm.