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  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: 1988
    Reference No: 16018
    Movement No: 0'460'154
    Case No: R526400
    Model Name: DateJust
    Material: 18k yellow gold and lapis lazuli
    Calibre: Automatic, 3035, 27 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Navy crocodile leather strap
    Clasp/Buckle: Gilt Rolex buckle stamped Rolex SA
    Dimensions: 36 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
    Literature: For another example of a reference 16018 DateJust, however with gold Arabic numerals and inner second scale, please see Rolex Collecting Vintage Wristwatches by Osvaldo Patrizzi, page 310.

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present watch features a lapis lazuli hardstone dial that perfectly balances with the yellow gold case and fluted bezel. One can easily determine the use of hardstone by the gold frame around the date aperture. The watch is offered in very appealing and crisp condition.

  • 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. 16018
A rare yellow gold wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date and lapis lazuli hardstone dial

1988
36 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$70,000 - 90,000 

Sold for HK$81,250

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: TWO

Hong Kong Auction 31 May 2016