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Rolex
Ref. 18079
Day-Date
A highly attractive white gold calendar wristwatch with center seconds, black gloss diamond-set dial, bark-finished bezel, and bark-finished bracelet
- Estimate
- $15,000 - 30,000
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 1979
- Reference No
- 18079
- Movement No
- 2’190’207
- Case No
- 6’043’469; interior caseback stamped 18000
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- 18K white gold
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 3055, 27 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18K white gold Rolex President bark-finished bracelet, max length 200mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18K white gold Rolex deployant clasp, stamped 18000 and D
- Dimensions
- 36mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement, and bracelet signed.
Catalogue Essay
• This highly attractive Day-Date is fitted with a glossy black diamond dial that perfectly harmonizes with the elegant white gold case. An ultra luxurious, refined pairing, it is set apart by its lovely state of preservation. This combination, combined with the German date wheel, is seldom-seen and an exciting opportunity for the collector.
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.