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  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: 1978
    Reference No: 1804, inside caseback stamped 1803
    Movement No: DD336’698
    Case No: 5’265’082
    Model Name: Day-Date
    Material: 18K white gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 1556, 26 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: 18K white gold Rolex President bracelet, endlinks stamped "53", max length 175mm
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K white gold Rolex deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 36mm Diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
    Accessories: Further accompanied by Rolex International Service Guarantee dated 6 November, 2015

  • Catalogue Essay

    This exceptional Day-Date is a beautiful and rare variant of the Day-Date family. Fitted with an exceptional apple green 'Stella' dial, the watch is further extravagantly decorated with an original factory finished diamond-set bezel and diamond-set indexes. The present reference 1804 is highly collectible as the combination between the lavish dial color and the luxurious case strikes the target. The watch is exceptionally well-preserved, making it an unmissable timepiece to possess.

  • 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. 1804, inside caseback stamped 1803
A very fine and rare white gold and diamond set wristwatch with green "Stella" dial, day, date, center seconds, bracelet and service guarantee

1978
36mm Diameter
Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed

Estimate
HK$280,000 - 500,000 
€31,600-56,400
$35,900-64,100

Sold for HK$500,000

Contact Specialist

Thomas Perazzi
Head of Watches, Asia
thomasperazzi@phillips.com
+852 2318 2001

The Hong Kong Watch Auction: EIGHT

Hong Kong Auction 28 May 2019