869
Rolex
Ref. 16234, inside case back stamped 2080
DateJust
A white gold, stainless steel and diamond-set wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, sodalite hardstone dial and bracelet
- Estimate
- HK$32,000 - 48,000€3,900 - 5,800$4,000 - 6,000
HK$55,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 2000
- Reference No
- 16234, inside case back stamped 2080
- Movement No
- 8'502'219
- Case No
- P340019
- Model Name
- DateJust
- Material
- White gold, stainless steel, diamonds and sodalite hardstone
- Calibre
- Automatic, 3135, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex Jubilee</em> bracelet, 185 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex </em>folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 35.5 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex </em>Attestation de Chronomètre Officiel dated 19 July 2000 and sale tags.
Specialist
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Catalogue Essay
Sodalite is a rich royal blue tectosilicate mineral commonly used as an ornamental gemstone. Rolex often favor to use sodalite to enhance standard production pieces, such as the Daytona, Day-Date and DateJust.
The present example is enhanced with such a dial and further complemented by 10 diamond-set numerals. The watch is offered in excellent overall condition and still with all original sale tags and guarantee.
The present example is enhanced with such a dial and further complemented by 10 diamond-set numerals. The watch is offered in excellent overall condition and still with all original sale tags and guarantee.
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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