914
Rolex
Ref. 18206
Day-Date
A fine and attractive platinum wristwatch with center seconds, day, date, lapis lazuli dial, diamond-set indexes and bracelet
- Estimate
- HK$160,000 - 320,000€18,700 - 37,400$20,500 - 41,000
HK$355,600
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1988
- Reference No
- 18206
- Movement No
- 5’288’246
- Case No
- R905’773, inside caseback stamped 18200
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- Platinum
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 3155, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Platinum Rolex President bracelet, max length 175mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Platinum Rolex concealed folding clasp
- Dimensions
- 36mm diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed
- Accessories
- Delivered with Rolex Service papers stamped Rolex Singapore and dated 26th February 2021.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Worn by many, loved by most. The Day-Date, also widely known as the “President” watch, is one of the most coveted models in the Rolex catalogue. The present ref. 18206 bears an “R” serial and was manufactured in 1987. Encased in platinum, this stunning example is fitted with an organic Lapis Lazuli dial with slight shimmers of gold, resembling the deep blue waves that play with the sun on the Ionian Sea. This timepiece is driven by the reliable in-house cal. 3155. The perfect travel companion, it is fixed with a quick-set feature, enabling its wearer to change the date and day with ease.
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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