Rolex. An unusual lady's 18K gold and diamond set manual wind bracelet watch with concealed dial


Model: PrecisionDate: Circa 1960Movement: 17-jewel Cal.280 manual windDial: Silvered, applied gilt dart hour markers, gilt dagger handsCase: Polished round, snap on back set within concealed diamond set frame, cover with central diamond and diamonds to the cardinal points with leaf form quartersStrap/Bracelet: Snake link with diamond set links forming chevron style designBuckle/Clasp: Folding claspSigned: Case, dial & movement Size: 22mm Accompaniments: Rolex box, outer card, provenance letter dated May 1989
|The current lot was reputedly purchased and given by HRH King Saud of Saudi Arabia to his wife in the 1950's. The watch was subsequently acquired as a gift of appreciation by a personal advisor to the Royal Household some years later.