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Rolex
Ref. 18239
Day-Date
A fine and very rare white gold and diamond-set calendar wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, grossularite dial and bracelet
- Estimate
- HK$160,000 - 300,000
HK$187,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1999
- Reference No
- 18239
- Movement No
- 7'834'048
- Case No
- A560331
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- 18k white gold, diamonds and grossularite
- Calibre
- Automatic, 3155, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k white gold <em>Rolex President </em>bracelet, 165 mm. maximum length, end links stamped 55BG
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k white gold <em>Rolex</em> concealed folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 36 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
This superb white gold Day-Date is fitted with the uber rare grossularite dial. The deep red shade of this gemstone is further enhanced with white graphics and diamond-set at 6 and 9 o'clock. The calendars, like with all hard-stone dials, are framed in white metal.
The bezel is enhanced with brilliant-cut diamonds and the case back still retains the original factory sticker.
The bezel is enhanced with brilliant-cut diamonds and the case back still retains the original factory sticker.
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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