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  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: 1989
    Reference No: 18248
    Movement No: 5'055'142
    Case No: R817360
    Model Name: Day-Date
    Material: 18k yellow gold and diamonds
    Calibre: Automatic, 3155, 31 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: 18k yellow gold Rolex President bracelet, 185 mm. maximum length, end link stamped 55B
    Clasp/Buckle: 18k yellow gold Rolex concealed folding deployant clasp stamped 8723
    Dimensions: 35 mm. diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed
    Accessories: With Rolex Attestation de Chronomètre Officiel dated 17 November 1989.

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present reference 18248 Day-Date features a dégradé dial that is coated in a chocolate brown shade. The yellow gold case is fitted with a bark-finished bezel that balances perfectly with the brown dégradé dial, which fades off to a darker shade at the edges. The watch is further enhanced by brilliant-cut diamonds set within white gold chatons along the dial’s darker region, which further deepens its rarity.
    Of exceptional condition, the present watch appears not have been used.

  • 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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Ref. 18248
A fine and rare yellow gold and diamond-set calendar wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, brown dégradé dial, bracelet and guarantee

1989
35 mm. diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$100,000 - 150,000 

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: TWO

Hong Kong Auction 31 May 2016