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Rolex
Ref. 18238, caseback stamped 18200
Day-Date
An extremely elusive, attractive and well-preserved yellow gold automatic calendar wristwatch with center seconds, bloodstone dial, diamond-set indexes, bracelet, guarantee and presentation box
- Estimate
- CHF20,000 - 40,000€21,600 - 43,200$25,100 - 50,200
CHF40,640
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 1992
- Reference No
- 18238, caseback stamped 18200
- Movement No
- 5'430'708
- Case No
- E842096
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- 18k yellow gold
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 3155, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k yellow gold Rolex President bracelet stamped "55B" to the endlinks, max length 195mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k yellow gold Rolex deployant clasp stamped "W2" and "8385"
- Dimensions
- 36mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and clasp signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Rolex punched Guarantee stamped by Hong Kong retailer "King Fook Jewellery" and dated December 10, 1992, product literature, presentation box and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Synonymous with timeless grandeur, the Rolex Day-Date model offers a myriad of dials, bracelets, bezels and uses of case materials. Since 1956, it remains one of the most diverse and exciting flagship models the firm has ever produced. Apart from prototype models, the Day-Date has only been cased in precious metals, attesting to the gravity of its eminence.
The present reference 18238 features an incredibly exotic and striking bloodstone dial that is defined by its forest green hue and playfully striking copper freckling throughout. The material perfectly contrasts with the warm gold case and round diamond markers for a powerful aesthetic result.
Exceptionally well-preserved, the present example boasts sharp finishes to the edge of the lugs and crisp hallmarks. Bearing an “E” serial, this ref. 18238 from 1992 further accompanied by its original punched warranty and presentation box.
The present reference 18238 features an incredibly exotic and striking bloodstone dial that is defined by its forest green hue and playfully striking copper freckling throughout. The material perfectly contrasts with the warm gold case and round diamond markers for a powerful aesthetic result.
Exceptionally well-preserved, the present example boasts sharp finishes to the edge of the lugs and crisp hallmarks. Bearing an “E” serial, this ref. 18238 from 1992 further accompanied by its original punched warranty and presentation 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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