Live Auction 1413Rare Watches Including Important Private Collections
Rolex. A fine and rare stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds
Lot 37 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

Rolex. A fine and rare stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds

Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Super Precision Metropolitan, Ref. 5500, case No. 286'182, circa 1957

Closed16 May 2016

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Rolex. A fine and rare stainless steel automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds
Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Super Precision Metropolitan, Ref. 5500, case No. 286'182, circa 1957
Cal. 1530 mechanical movement, 25 jewels, matte silver dial, applied faceted lozenge indexes, luminous accents, luminous alpha hands, outer minute divisions, sweep centre seconds, tonneau-shaped water-resistant-type case, screw back stamped “II.57”, screw down crown, stainless steel Rolex buckle, case, dial and movement signed
34 mm. diam.

Specialist note

Rolex reference 5500 was launched in 1957 and could carry various names on the dial ranging from Air King to Explorer to Metropolitan (the present watch) and even Everest. Sometimes the names were replaced and personalized for companies. They could, for example, read Coca Cola, Domino’s Pizza (see lot 265) or Winn Dixie. The case of reference 5500 was slightly smaller than that of later Explorer sister reference 1016.