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  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: 1971
    Reference No: 1807
    Movement No: DD668135
    Case No: 2'503'406
    Model Name: Day-Date
    Material: 18k white gold and diamonds
    Calibre: Automatic, 1556, 26 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: 18k white gold Rolex President bracelet with bark finished centre links, 190 mm. maximum length, end links stamped 53
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k white gold Rolex folding deployant clasp stamped Rolex SA 4.69
    Dimensions: 36 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
    Accessories: With Rolex service receipt dated 18 February 2014.
    Literature: For another example of a reference 1807 with bark finished centre links however in yellow gold, please see Day-Date, the Presidential Rolex by Pucci Papaleo, page 270.

  • Catalogue Essay

    The Day-Date reference 1807 was produced from 1959 to 1977 and is distinguished by its "bark" finished decorations to the bezel and the centre links of the President bracelet. This example features an original bracelet and grey dial with white graphics and diamond-set numerals.


    The reference 1807 is a rare Day-Date that is seldom seen at auction and hardly ever published in literature.

  • Artist Biography

    Rolex

    Swiss • 1905

    Founded in 1905 England by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis as Wilsdorf & Davis, it soon became known as the Rolex Watch Company in 1915, moving its headquarters to Geneva in 1919. Like no other company, the success of the wristwatch can be attributed to many of Rolex's innovations that made them one of the most respected and well-known of all luxury brands. These innovations include their famous "Oyster" case — the world's first water resistant and dustproof watch case, invented in 1926 — and their "Perpetual" — the first reliable self-winding movement for wristwatches launched in 1933. They would form the foundation for Rolex's Datejust and Day-Date, respectively introduced in 1945 and 1956, but also importantly for their sports watches, such as the Explorer, Submariner and GMT-Master launched in the mid-1950s.

    One of its most famous models is the Cosmograph Daytona. Launched in 1963, these chronographs are without any doubt amongst the most iconic and coveted of all collectible wristwatches. Other key collectible models include their most complicated vintage watches, including references 8171 and 6062 with triple calendar and moon phase, "Jean Claude Killy" triple date chronograph models and the Submariner, including early "big-crown" models and military-issued variants.

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Ref. 1807
A fine and rare white gold and diamond-set calendar wristwatch with sweep centre seconds and bracelet

1971
36 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$150,000 - 250,000 

Sold for HK$187,500

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: ONE

Hong Kong Auction 1 December 2015 11am