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Rolex
Ref. 178240
Oyster Perpetual Datejust
A fine stainless steel wristwatch with black guilloché dial, date, bracelet, guarantee and presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$20,000 - 40,000€2,300 - 4,500$2,600 - 5,100
HK$27,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 2008
- Reference No
- 178240
- Case No
- Z904’000
- Model Name
- Oyster Perpetual Datejust
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 2235, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, max length 170mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel Rolex Oyster deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 31mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
- Accessories
- Further accompanied by original Rolex Guarantee card with retailer stamped King Fook Jewellery Group Limited Hong Kong dated 15th March 2008, green wallet, extra link, hangtag, bezel protector, product literature, outer packaging and fitted presentation box
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Since its debut in 1945, the Datejust family has grown and multiplied in references, sizes and materials. The present specimen is a fine and well-preserved example of the ref. 178240 in stainless steel with a beautifully executed black guilloché dial and applied roman numerals housed. Adding another element of collectability, the watch is fresh to the auction market and is accompanied with a punched Rolex guarantee, an original Rolex fitted presentation box and hang tag.
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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