Nicknamed the “Golden Walnut” by Pucci Papaleo, the present ref. 18038 is a yellow gold Day-Date featuring a delicious non-luminous lacquered wood dial in reddish-brown mahogany briar root. Combining exceptional craftsmanship with organic beauty, the close-grained pattern found in this example is extremely difficult to execute as each wood dial is painstakingly delicate and requires only the most skilled artisans to perfect. Complemented with a Chinese quickset calendar, the present timepiece is exemplary of just how personal a Day-Date can be and that it can be used to expresses the cultural identity of its wearer. The rarest of all language discs, the hand-written quick-set calendar is most likely to have been originated from Taiwan.

Well-preserved for 45 years, the present “Golden Walnut” is offered excellent overall condition and further enhanced with the effects of natural aging and sun exposure, giving it a completely unique allure like no other Day-Dates. Given its rarity and natural charm, the opportunity to acquire this watch is perhaps as rare as the timepiece itself.