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Rolex
Ref. 1601
DateJust
A fine and very rare pink gold wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date and bracelet
- Estimate
- HK$100,000 - 150,000
HK$118,750
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 1973
- Reference No
- 1601
- Movement No
- D265195
- Case No
- 3'217'637
- Model Name
- DateJust
- Material
- 18k pink gold
- Calibre
- Automatic, 1570, 26 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k pink gold <em>Rolex Jubilee</em> bracelet, 180 mm. maximum length, end links stamped 53
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k pink gold <em>Rolex</em> folding deployant clasp stamped Rolex SA
- Dimensions
- 36 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex</em><em></em><em></em> service receipt dated 5 November 2010.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
For being over 40 years of age, this pink gold DateJust reference 1601 is in remarkably excellent and original condition. The T-Swiss-T dial finished in matte black has pink gold graphics perfectly matching the watch. The pink Jublilee bracelet finishes off this perfect and sophisticated look of this charming DateJust.
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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