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Rolex
Ref. 1019
Milgauss
A rare and attractive stainless steel wristwatch with bracelet
- Estimate
- HK$130,000 - 180,000
HK$175,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 1970
- Reference No
- 1019
- Movement No
- M210301
- Case No
- 1'916'221
- Model Name
- Milgauss
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, 1580, 26 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex Oyster </em>bracelet, 190 mm. maximum length, end links stamped 58
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex</em> folding deployant clasp stamped 3.69
- Dimensions
- 37.5 mm diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed </em>
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Constructed to resist high magnetic fields, the reference 1019 is the second type of the Rolex Milgauss after references 6541 and 6543.
This reference 1019 with silvered dial is distinguished by its unpolished case with sharp beveled edges to the lugs, factory finishes and sharp angles to the smooth polished bezel.
Understated yet extremely elegant, 1019s in this condition are great investments but also provide enormous pleasure to their wearers.
This reference 1019 with silvered dial is distinguished by its unpolished case with sharp beveled edges to the lugs, factory finishes and sharp angles to the smooth polished bezel.
Understated yet extremely elegant, 1019s in this condition are great investments but also provide enormous pleasure to their wearers.
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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