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Rolex
Ref. 18308
Day-Date
A very rare yellow gold and diamond-set calendar wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, green Jasper hardstone dial and bracelet
- Estimate
- HK$80,000 - 120,000
HK$162,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 1990
- Reference No
- 18308
- Movement No
- 5'450'045
- Case No
- L815138
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- 18k yellow gold, diamonds and green jasper
- Calibre
- Automatic, 3155, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k yellow gold <em>Rolex President </em>bracelet, 180 mm. maximum length, end link stamped 55B
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k yellow gold <em>Rolex</em> concealed folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 35.5 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex </em>International Service Guarantee dated 1 June 2015.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The reference 18308 Day-Date is distinguished by its bark-finished bezel that is set with diamond hour markers and the bark-finished centre links to its President bracelet. The current example is also fitted with a very rare jasper hard stone dial that has its calendars presented inside a gold frame, which is typical for all Rolex hardstone dials. The present watch is a fine representation of this reference and is offered close to mint condition.
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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