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Rolex
Ref. 18038
Day-Date “Stella”
A very fine and rare yellow gold wristwatch with center seconds, day, date, turquoise blue “Stella” dial, diamond-set indexes, bracelet, guarantee and presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$220,000 - 320,000€23,400 - 34,000$28,200 - 41,000
HK$403,200
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1984
- Reference No
- 18038
- Movement No
- 0’772’139
- Case No
- 8’086’664
- Model Name
- Day-Date “Stella”
- Material
- 18K yellow gold
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 3055, 27 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18K yellow gold Rolex President bracelet, max length 185mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18K yellow gold Rolex concealed folding clasp
- Dimensions
- 36mm diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Rolex guarantee stamped Siow Hiap Singapore dated 13th July 1984, green wallet, hang tag, additional leather strap with pin buckle, outer packaging and fitted presentation box.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The Rolex “Stella” Day-Date is one that is admired by many due to its fruitful offering of vibrant dial colors and its unique glossy luster. These vivacious glossy lacquered dial-fitted Day-Date’s are among one of the most collectable vintage Rolex timepieces today. From a lustrous turquoise blue to a bright pastel pink, it was the first time in the history of the firm that such whimsical, spirited array of dial colors were introduced in a wristwatch.
Introduced in the exciting period of the 1970s and produced for roughly a decade, these colorful lacquered dials were manufactured by a company called Stella, based in Châtelaine and Geneva, the firm supplied Rolex’s dial makers at the period with special types of lacquer that resulted in the name it proudly deserves. The present example ref. 18038 features perhaps one of the most desirable and rarest colors, the “Tiffany” blue. Contrasted beautifully against a yellow gold case, the combination is to many one of the most sought after examples.
Offered with its original guarantee stamped by Singaporean authorized dealer Siow Hiap dated 1984, the present rare and sought after “Stella” Day-Date adorned with diamond-set indexes is the perfect summer watch fit for the tropical metropolis of the lion city.
Introduced in the exciting period of the 1970s and produced for roughly a decade, these colorful lacquered dials were manufactured by a company called Stella, based in Châtelaine and Geneva, the firm supplied Rolex’s dial makers at the period with special types of lacquer that resulted in the name it proudly deserves. The present example ref. 18038 features perhaps one of the most desirable and rarest colors, the “Tiffany” blue. Contrasted beautifully against a yellow gold case, the combination is to many one of the most sought after examples.
Offered with its original guarantee stamped by Singaporean authorized dealer Siow Hiap dated 1984, the present rare and sought after “Stella” Day-Date adorned with diamond-set indexes is the perfect summer watch fit for the tropical metropolis of the lion city.
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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