Property of an Important European Collector
880
Rolex
Ref. 228206
Day-Date 40
A rare, highly attractive and “like-new” platinum wristwatch with center seconds, Eastern Arabic numerals, day and date, bracelet, guarantee and presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$480,000 - 780,000€57,100 - 92,800$61,500 - 100,000
HK$762,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 2018
- Reference No
- 228206
- Case No
- 9870D7H0
- Model Name
- Day-Date 40
- Material
- Platinum
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 3255, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Platinum Rolex President bracelet, max length 195mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- Platinum Rolex concealed folding clasp stamped “F3F”
- Dimensions
- 40mm diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Rolex guarantee stamped Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons UAE dated 21st March 2018, green card holder, instruction manual, product literature, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Rolex is known to have created some of the most interesting, beautiful and unusual Day-Dates for the Arab States in the Gulf. The manufacturer's custom pieces date back to the 1950s, when a small number of Eastern Arabic discs were incorporated into Day-Date watches encased in the most luxurious metals, notably platinum.
Today, Rolex continues to dazzle and surprise, with its unusual and beautifully finished watches. It cultivates and sustains its successful relationship with the Arab States by producing a multitude of special-ordered watches for the region. The present model, ref. 228206, is produced in exceedingly limited numbers and is only sold by Middle Eastern retailers, paying tribute to the diamond-frosted Arabic Day-Dates of the 1970s, most notably in its applied Eastern Arabic numerals, which is almost identical in design to the beloved vintage Arabic Day-Dates of the past. The watch is cased in platinum, a further nod to the original Day-Dates made for the region.
A statement piece, its 40mm platinum case matched with the coolest ice blue dial has a great wrist presence and gives the watch incredible weight, truly attesting to Rolex's ingenuity. This watch from circa 2018 is presented in "like-new” condition with its sophisticated large sized Rolex green box.
Today, Rolex continues to dazzle and surprise, with its unusual and beautifully finished watches. It cultivates and sustains its successful relationship with the Arab States by producing a multitude of special-ordered watches for the region. The present model, ref. 228206, is produced in exceedingly limited numbers and is only sold by Middle Eastern retailers, paying tribute to the diamond-frosted Arabic Day-Dates of the 1970s, most notably in its applied Eastern Arabic numerals, which is almost identical in design to the beloved vintage Arabic Day-Dates of the past. The watch is cased in platinum, a further nod to the original Day-Dates made for the region.
A statement piece, its 40mm platinum case matched with the coolest ice blue dial has a great wrist presence and gives the watch incredible weight, truly attesting to Rolex's ingenuity. This watch from circa 2018 is presented in "like-new” condition with its sophisticated large sized Rolex green box.
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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