903
Rolex
Ref. 1019
Milgauss
An attractive and fine stainless steel anti-magnetic wristwatch with silver dial, bracelet sweep centre seconds
- Estimate
- HK$120,000 - 200,000€13,100 - 21,800$15,000 - 25,000
HK$150,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1967
- Reference No
- 1019
- Movement No
- 23'338
- Case No
- 1'615'792, case interior stamped ii.67
- Model Name
- Milgauss
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 1580, 26 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex Oyster</em> bracelet, reference 78360, end links stamped 580, max. length 175mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex</em> deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 37mm diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Rolex has long been associated with tool watches and their Milgauss, reference 1019 is one of the most sublime and elegant. Produced between 1960 and 1989, the reference 1019 featured the Faraday Cage, which was used to protect the movement from electromagnetic fields used by scientists whom the watch was marketed. It was sold with the silvered dial like the present watch, or a black dial, both with a clean modern look, which fits the changing era of the 60’s to a more minimalist style.
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.
Browse Maker