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  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: 1978
    Reference No: 18038
    Movement No: 0'031'328
    Case No: 5'420'926
    Model Name: Day-Date
    Material: 18k yellow gold
    Calibre: Automatic, 3055, 27 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: 18k yellow gold Rolex President bracelet, 170 mm. maximum length, end links stamped 55
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k yellow gold Rolex concealed folding deployant clasp stamped Rolex
    Dimensions: 36 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
    Literature: For a similar example of a candy "Stella" Day-Date however reference 1803, please see Day-Date, The Presidential Rolex by Pucci Papaleo, pages 326 to 327.

  • Catalogue Essay

    "Candy pink" is one way to describe this playful and beautiful lacquer "Stella" dial Day-Date. Offered in crisp original condition, the dial is free of any cracks or scratches. We are confident that this dial will captivate collectors due to its rarity and great aesthetic impact given by the glamorous enamel colour.

  • 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. 18038
A fine and rare yellow gold calendar wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, candy lacquer "Stella" dial and bracelet

1978
36 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$120,000 - 180,000 

Sold for HK$200,000

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: ONE

Hong Kong Auction 1 December 2015 11am