Rolex
Circa 2010
118238
7'797'414
2166H850
Day-Date
18k white gold, diamonds and lapis lazuli
Automatic, 3155, 31 jewels
18k white gold Rolex President bracelet, 170 mm. maximum length, end links stamped 55B6
18k white gold Rolex concealed folding deployant clasp stamped Rolex 8385
36 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed
With Rolex punched undated Officiel Chronometer Certification, product literature, instruction manual, leather wallet, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
For a similar example of a Day-Date with lapis lazuli dial and diamond-set numerals however without a baguette-set bezel, please see Day-Date, The Presidential Rolex by Pucci Papaleo, 406 and 407.
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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