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Rolex. A fine and very rare 18K white gold automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, original certificate and guarantee
Lot 240 WHITE GOLD REF. 1601 ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE AND GUARANTEE

Rolex. A fine and very rare 18K white gold automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, original certificate and guarantee

Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Datejust model, Ref. 1601, case no. 2'238'426, manufactured in 1968

Closed14 November 2016

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Rolex. A fine and very rare 18K white gold automatic wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, original certificate and guarantee
Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Datejust model, Ref. 1601, case no. 2'238'426, manufactured in 1968
MOVEMENT: automatic, cal. 1570, 26 jewels
DIAL: silvered satinè dial, applied white gold baton numerals with black accents, luminous dots, sweep centre seconds, magnified window for date
CASE: 18K white gold, tonneau-shaped, fluted bezel, screw down crown, screw back, 36 mm. diam.
SIGNED: case, dial, movement
BUCKLE: 18k white gold Rolex buckle
ACCOMPANIED BY: Rolex numbered certificate and numbered guarantee stamped by Juwelier Deiter, Mülheim, Rolex presentation box

Specialist note

The white gold Ref. 1601 Datejust is a rare find in today’s market, far fewer examples were made in white gold than in either yellow gold or steel. The present watch is an excellent original specimen which will appeal to the collector or Rolex aficionado due to the untouched and unrestored dial, the overall excellent state of preservation and the very rare survival of the original numbered certificate and guarantee. To the best of our knowledge the present watch has never before been offered in public.