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ROLEX. A VERY FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, ARABIC DAY AND DATE, ORIGINAL GUARANTEE AND BOX
Lot 199 ROLEX
Day-Date

ROLEX. A VERY FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, ARABIC DAY AND DATE, ORIGINAL GUARANTEE AND BOX

SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, DAY-DATE, REF. 1803, CASE NO. 4’029’986, CIRCA 1975

Closed11 November 2019

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CHF 13,750

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ROLEX. A VERY FINE AND RARE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, ARABIC DAY AND DATE, ORIGINAL GUARANTEE AND BOX
SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, DAY-DATE, REF. 1803, CASE NO. 4’029’986, CIRCA 1975
Movement: cal. 1556, automatic, 26 jewels, signed
Dial: signed
Case: screw back, inside case back stamped 1803, 36 mm. diam., signed
With: gold-plated Rolex buckle, International Guarantee stamped by UAE retailer Mohammed Rasool Khoory & Sons and dated 22 November 1975, Service Guarantee Card dated 26 July 2018, plastic card holder, product literature, sale tag, pouch, cleaning cloth and presentation box

Specialist note

The present ref. 1803 is a very well-preserved representative of the famous Day-Date still retaining the factory green Rolex sticker to the case back as well as extremely sharp hallmarks. The rarity is further enhanced by the Arabic day and date indications and the presence of the original guarantee.

A closer look between the lugs of the watch reveals that the engraving of the serial and reference numbers are shifted slighlty towards the left side. It can be assumed that this happened due to inexact entering of the watch case on the fixture for the pantograph. The engravings are otherwise crisp and clear. These small discrepancies make this timepiece unique and indicate that the final inspection at the time applied higher levels of tolerance than the contemporary production process