Rolex - Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Geneva Sessions Spring 2025 Geneva Wednesday, March 5, 2025 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: 2019
    Reference No: 126618LB
    Case No: O5D944N7
    Model Name: Submariner
    Material: 18k yellow gold
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 3235, 31 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: 18k Yellow gold Rolex Oyster bracelet, max. length 210mm
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k yellow gold Rolex deployant clasp stamped "938"
    Dimensions: 41mm diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement and clasp signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Rolex Warranty card dated December 22, 2023, Guarantee and Instruction booklets, Rolex hangtag, Astrua Hangtag and fitted presentation box.

  • Catalogue Essay

    - Launched in 2020, the new Submariner line was expanded to 41mm and now features the upgraded calibre 3235 with the "Chronergy" escapement, achieving 70 hours of power reserve. A perfect coupling of cutting-edge watchmaking and superb aesthetic impact.

    - The present specimen is offered in barely worn condition by the original owner. The Astrua hangtag present with the watch is a subtle reminder that the piece was purchased at the hallowed Turin retailer.

    - Offered with no reserve, the proceeds of the sale will benefit the Turin-based Regina Margherita Children's Hospital. Already one of the most respected Italian hospitals specializing in the treatment of rare, difficult and chronic ailments in children, the institution currently has the goal of opening a new Neonatal and Early Infancy Pathologies Department.

  • Artist Biography

    Rolex

    Swiss • 1905

    Founded 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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THE PROCEEDS OF THE PRESENT TIMEPIECE WILL BE CHARITABLY DEVOLVED BY THE SELLER TO "FONDAZIONE OSPEDALE INFANTILE REGINA MARGHERITA"

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Lot offered with No Reserve

Ref. 126618LB
A supremely attractive, impressive and well preserved yellow gold automatic diver's wristwatch with center seconds, date, guarantee and presentation box

2019
41mm diameter
Case, dial, movement and clasp signed

Estimate
CHF18,000 - 36,000 
€19,200-38,400
$19,900-39,800

Sold for CHF30,480

Contact Specialist

Alexandre Ghotbi
Deputy Chairman, Watches, Head of Watches, Europe, and Middle East
aghotbi@phillips.com
+41 22 317 81 81
 

Tiffany To
Head of Sale, Watches Geneva
tto@phillips.com
+41 22 317 96 63
 

Phillips Watches Online Auction: The Geneva Sessions Spring 2025

5 - 12 March 2025