Rolex - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XVI Hong Kong Wednesday, May 24, 2023 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: Circa 2020
    Reference No: 128349RBR
    Case No: Z963X237
    Model Name: Day-Date
    Material: 18K white gold, diamonds and gemstones
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 3255, 31 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: 18K white gold Rolex President bracelet, max length 190mm
    Clasp/Buckle: 18K white gold Rolex concealed folding clasp
    Dimensions: 36mm diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed
    Accessories: Accompanied by Rolex guarantee card stamped Bern Watches Co., LTD dated 22nd July 2020, instruction manual, product literature, hang tags, green card holder, outer packaging and fitted presentation box.

  • Catalogue Essay

    The present Day-Date "Rainbow" was first launched in 2019, recalling vintage Rainbow Day-Dates, as well as the hallowed Rainbow Daytona. This watch most notably displays a "Rainbow"-like dial set with diamonds and gemstones that graduate in hue to mimic the color spectrum. The tones range from a vibrant and intense deep red, and slowly morph into orange, chartreuse, green and blue. The model was made available in a total of four metals including yellow gold, white gold, pink gold and platinum.

    Cased in white gold and fitted with a diamond-set bezel, the present Rolex Day-Date ref. 128349RBR from circa 2020 is complete with its full set of accessories and is offered in excellent overall condition. With the ever growing demand from Rainbow timepieces, this is with no doubt a stunning option.

  • 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. 128349RBR
A very fine, attractive and bedazzled white gold and diamond-set wristwatch with center seconds, day, date, pave diamond-set dial, multi-coloured gem-set indexes, bracelet, guarantee and presentation box

Circa 2020
36mm diameter
Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed

Estimate
HK$470,000 - 780,000 
€54,900-91,100
$60,300-100,000

Sold for HK$635,000

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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XVI

Hong Kong Auction 24 - 25 May 2023