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Rolex
Ref. 1804, inside caseback stamped 1803
Day-Date
A rare and fine pink gold calendar wristwatch with diamond-set bezel and hour markers, with bracelet
- Estimate
- HK$160,000 - 240,000€17,600 - 26,400$20,500 - 30,800
HK$175,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1969
- Reference No
- 1804, inside caseback stamped 1803
- Movement No
- DD686978
- Case No
- 2'433'257
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- 18K pink gold and diamond
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 1556, 26 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18K pink gold Rolex President bracelet, endlinks stamped 53, max length 200mm.
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18K pink gold Rolex deployant clasp, stamped I.68
- Dimensions
- 36mm. Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Made in 1969, this watch is very well preserved and fitted with the white gold bezel set with 46 round-cut diamonds. The clean pie pan dial sports five round-cut diamond markers. The watch has an attractive appeal and can easily be worn in both a casual or formal setting.
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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