Rolex - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XVI Hong Kong Wednesday, May 24, 2023 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: Circa 1988
    Reference No: 18206
    Movement No: 5’288’246
    Case No: R905’773, inside caseback stamped 18200
    Model Name: Day-Date
    Material: Platinum
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 3155, 31 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Platinum Rolex President bracelet, max length 175mm
    Clasp/Buckle: Platinum Rolex concealed folding clasp
    Dimensions: 36mm diameter
    Signed: Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed
    Accessories: Delivered with Rolex Service papers stamped Rolex Singapore and dated 26th February 2021.

  • Catalogue Essay

    Worn by many, loved by most. The Day-Date, also widely known as the “President” watch, is one of the most coveted models in the Rolex catalogue. The present ref. 18206 bears an “R” serial and was manufactured in 1987. Encased in platinum, this stunning example is fitted with an organic Lapis Lazuli dial with slight shimmers of gold, resembling the deep blue waves that play with the sun on the Ionian Sea. This timepiece is driven by the reliable in-house cal. 3155. The perfect travel companion, it is fixed with a quick-set feature, enabling its wearer to change the date and day with ease.

  • 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. 18206
A fine and attractive platinum wristwatch with center seconds, day, date, lapis lazuli dial, diamond-set indexes and bracelet

Circa 1988
36mm diameter
Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed

Estimate
HK$160,000 - 320,000 
€18,700-37,400
$20,500-41,000

Sold for HK$355,600

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Thomas Perazzi
Head of Watches, Asia
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WatchesHK@phillips.com

The Hong Kong Watch Auction: XVI

Hong Kong Auction 24 - 25 May 2023