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Rolex

A lady's rare white gold and diamond-set ring watch with fitted presentation box

Estimate
HK$240,000 - 400,000
HK$437,500
Lot Details
Manufacturer
Rolex
Year
Circa 1965
Case No
160
Material
18k white gold and diamonds
Calibre
Mechanical, 1401, 18 jewels
Dimensions
22 mm. diameter; ring size: 7
Signed
<em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
Accessories
With <em>Rolex </em>fitted presentation box.
Catalogue Essay
Rolex is usually associated with the finest sports watches. They have been, however, known to make very rare watches cased in rings, balls, brooch and pendants, and in the most extreme case, a unique fantasy platinum brooch watch in the shape of a revolutionary war drummer boy, with diamonds on the cuffs, boots, lapel, face, hat and drumsticks.

This expertly crafted and beautiful diamond ring watch is in fabulous condition and still retains its green factory sticker and original fitted presentation box. Set with over 3 carats of diamonds, the watch is hinged into the ring and the wearer simply lifts the central part in order to wind it. Another example cannot be found anywhere in literature and it is potentially unique.

Rolex

Swiss | 1905
Founded 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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