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Rolex
Ref. 18386
Day-Date
A fine and very rare platinum and diamond-set calendar wristwatch with bracelet and guarantee
- Estimate
- HK$320,000 - 500,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 1997
- Reference No
- 18386
- Movement No
- 7'296'018
- Case No
- W011909
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- Platinum and diamonds
- Calibre
- Automatic, 3155, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Platinum <em>Rolex President </em>bracelet, 175 mm. maximum length, end link stamped 55B
- Clasp/Buckle
- Platinum <em>Rolex</em> concealed folding deployant clasp stamped <em>Rolex 8385</em>
- Dimensions
- 35.5 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed </em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex</em> Garantie dated 8 December 1998.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Set with brilliant diamonds to the bezel and lugs, and baguette diamonds to the dial, this watch is cased in platinum which is very rare for this Day-Date model. Offered with its original guarantee, the watch is in extraordinary overall condition, the case back still retains its original factory green sticker. The case itself is very crisp with original proportions and hallmarks.
This Day-Date is of exceptional quality, and this reference has never been offered before on the market.
This Day-Date is of exceptional quality, and this reference has never been offered before on the market.
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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