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Rolex
Ref. 118209
Day-Date
A highly rare white gold and diamond-set calendar wristwatch with sodalite dial and bracelet
- Estimate
- CHF15,000 - 30,000$15,000 - 30,000€15,400 - 30,900
CHF50,400
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 2000
- Reference No
- 118209
- Movement No
- 38'583'699
- Case No
- P623877
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- 18K white gold, sodalite and diamonds
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 3155, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18K white gold Rolex Oyster bracelet, max length 185mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18K white gold Rolex deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 36mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
This superb white gold Day-Date is fitted with an incredibly attractive and very rare blue sodalite dial with diamond-set numerals. The deep blue "mottled pattern" surface of the sodalite dial - with no two dials being exactly the same - provides perfect contrast for the white of the diamond-set numerals and gold case to truly shine. The calendar windows, like with all hard-stone dials, are framed in white metal.
Hardstone dials are among the most attractive and collectible dials to have ever found their way into the Day-Date line. Beyond the present sodalite, other stones have been employed by Rolex: onyx, malachite, marble, agate and jade are just some examples of this remarkable diversity.
Most interestingly, the present watch has the Rolex France logo stamped on the caseback, adding an element of interest to the timepiece.
Hardstone dials are among the most attractive and collectible dials to have ever found their way into the Day-Date line. Beyond the present sodalite, other stones have been employed by Rolex: onyx, malachite, marble, agate and jade are just some examples of this remarkable diversity.
Most interestingly, the present watch has the Rolex France logo stamped on the caseback, adding an element of interest to the timepiece.
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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