9,200 CHF
Rolex Oyster Perpetual, Chronomètre, Ref. 5015. Produced in the 1940's.Very fine and rare tonneau-shaped, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K pink gold and stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with a gold-plated Rolex buckle. two-body, polished, screwed-down case back and crown. black with radium-coated indexes, Roman and Arabic numerals. "Alpha" radium-coated gold hands. Notes The case of this watch is practically identical to that of reference 6015. The only difference between them is the winding-crown: reference 5015 bears an "Oyster" winding-crown, ref. 6015 a "Super-Oyster" crown.Similar watches are published in "Rolex, Collecting Wristwatches" by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Guido Mondani Editore, Genova, 2001, pp. 153 and 378.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-10-13