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  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: 1983
    Reference No: 19018
    Movement No: 0'030'994
    Case No: 7'511'622
    Model Name: OysterQuartz
    Material: 18k yellow gold, wood and diamonds
    Calibre: Quartz, 5055, 11 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: 18k yellow gold Rolex bracelet, 175 mm. maximum length
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k yellow gold Rolex concealed folding deployant clasp stamped Rolex
    Dimensions: 36 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
    Literature: For another example of a reference 19018 with mahogany dial however with 3 circular rows of diamonds, please see Day-Date, The Presidential Rolex by Pucci Papaleo, page 442.

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present watch is fitted with a very attractive and unusual mahogany briar root dial, which displays a very attractive and textured design. The center of the dial is furthermore set with brilliant-cut and baguette-cut diamonds, elevating the overall look of the watch. The watch is powered by the caliber 5055, which was produced from 1977 to 2011.

  • 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. 19018
A fine and rare yellow gold and diamond-set calendar wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, mahogany dial and bracelet

1983
36 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$60,000 - 80,000 

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: TWO

Hong Kong Auction 31 May 2016