1065
Rolex
Ref. 1803
Day-Date
A fine and very rare pink gold and diamond-set calendar wristwatch with champagne dial, big logo bracelet and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$120,000 - 200,000€14,100 - 23,500$15,000 - 25,000
HK$237,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1959
- Reference No
- 1803
- Movement No
- DD0984
- Case No
- 497'816
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- 18k pink gold
- Calibre
- Automatic, 1555, 25 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k pink gold <em>Rolex President Big Logo</em> bracelet, 175 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k pink gold <em>Rolex </em>folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 36 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex </em>fitted presentation box.
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
This Day-Date is extremely rare and is preserved in very original and overall excellent condition. Manufactured in 1959, which is the very first year the reference 1803 was introduced. This Day-Date still retains its original Big Logo Presidential bracelet. The champagne dial with 5 diamond-set hour markers finishes the watch, which is overall sporty yet elegant at the same time.
Literature
Rolex
Swiss | 1905Founded 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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