$8,125
ROLEX REF. 1601 DATEJUST RETAILED BY CARTIER YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Datejust, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, case No. 1825394, Ref. 1601. Made in 1967. Fine, tonneau-shaped, center seconds, self-winding, waterresistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with an 18K yellow gold Rolex Jubilee bracelet. Three-body, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, fl uted bezel, concave lugs with Cartier stamp in the back, crystal with cyclops lens. Satine silver with applied yellow gold baton indexes and luminous dots, outer minute/ seconds division, aperture for the date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 1570, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock absorber, self compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Dial also signed Cartier. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness 12 mm. Approx. overall length 190 mm. Notes The present lot is one of very few examples of a Rolex Datejust retailed by Cartier. The Cartier numbers are partially visible on the reverse of one lug.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2012-12-13
