1041
Rolex
Ref. 1603
DateJust
A rare stainless steel wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, black lacquer dial, bracelet, original guarantee and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$30,000 - 50,000€3,500 - 5,900$3,700 - 6,200
HK$37,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 1968
- Reference No
- 1603
- Movement No
- D100212
- Case No
- 1'805'966
- Model Name
- DateJust
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, 1570, 26 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex Jubilee</em> bracelet, 175 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex </em>folding deployant clasp stamped 3.68
- Dimensions
- 35.5 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed </em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex </em> Guarantee dated 30 April 1969, Bureaux Suisses de Contrôle Officiel de la Marche des Chronomètres dated 5 June 1968, product literature, leather wallet and fitted presentation box.
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Catalogue Essay
This stainless steel DateJust is fitted with a black lacquer dial that is still incredibly glossy in its finish. The watch has been preserved in very original condition, featuring a sharp milled finish to the top of the lugs and case back. The watch furthermore still retains its original bracelet, stamped for the third quarter of 1968, original papers and fitted presentation box. These features enhance the desirability and collectibility of the watch, as complete examples are very rare to come by.
Rolex
Swiss | 1905Founded 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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