Live Auction 17481The Masterpiece Auction (23 Nov) / Important Watches including an Important Private Asian Collection Part One (27 Nov)
ROLEX. A VERY RARE AND FINE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, POINTED CROWN GUARDS, BRACELET AND GILT UNDERLINE DIAL
Lot 2384 ROLEX
GILT UNDERLINE 4 LINER DIAL WITH POINTED CROWN GUARDS REF. 5512

THE PROPERTY OF AN ASIAN VISIONARY PRIVATE COLLECTOR

ROLEX. A VERY RARE AND FINE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, POINTED CROWN GUARDS, BRACELET AND GILT UNDERLINE DIAL

SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, SUBMARINER MODEL, REF. 5512, CASE NO. 870'024, CIRCA 1963

Closed27 November 2019

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HKD 812,500

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ROLEX. A VERY RARE AND FINE STAINLESS STEEL AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, POINTED CROWN GUARDS, BRACELET AND GILT UNDERLINE DIAL
SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, SUBMARINER MODEL, REF. 5512, CASE NO. 870'024, CIRCA 1963
Movement: Cal. 1560, automatic, 26 jewels, signed
Dial: Gilt underline 4 liner, signed
Case: Screw down crown, screw back, 39 mm. diam., signed
With: Stainless steel Rolex Oyster riveted expandable bracelet stamped 6636 and deployant clasp, overall length approximately 160 mm., endlinks stamped 80

Specialist note

Consigned by an Asian Visionary private collector, the present watch is an outstanding example of a reference 5512 with Pointed Crown Guards (PCG) also referred to as “cornino” by Italian Rolex enthusiasts and the rare and much sought after black gloss dial with 4 lines gilt printing and “underline”. The watch features a perfectly glossy dial, like a mirror and characterized by a small silvered line on the dial placed under the text “Oyster Perpetual”. The meaning of the underline dial has been interpreted to mean that the luminous material used on the dial and in the hands was no longer radium.