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Rolex
Ref. 1803
Day-Date
A rare white gold calendar wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, black dial and bracelet
- Estimate
- HK$80,000 - 120,000
HK$100,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1978
- Reference No
- 1803
- Movement No
- 00'318'643
- Case No
- 5'230'916
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- 18k white gold
- Calibre
- Automatic, 1555, 26 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k white gold <em>Rolex President</em> bracelet, 180 mm. maximum length, end link stamped 53
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k white gold <em>Rolex</em> folding deployant clasp stamped Rolex SA
- Dimensions
- 36 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
This white gold Day-Date with fluted bezel and white gold bracelet is fitted with a black matte dial with white graphics. Manufactured in 1978, the watch is still in excellent overall condition, retaining its full case proportions, crisp gold stamps and the dial is in immaculate condition.
Literature
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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