$4,600
"Explorer Color Change Dial" Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, "Explorer", Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1016. Made in 1960. Fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch. Three-body, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown. Brown with radium-coated Arabic numerals and bâton indexes. Radium-coated "skeleton" hands. Cal. 1560, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 36 mm. Thickness: 13 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-09-28