963
Rolex
Ref. 18346
Day-Date
A very fine and rare platinum and diamond-set calendar wristwatch with bracelet, original guarantee and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$140,000 - 200,000€16,400 - 23,500$18,000 - 25,000
HK$162,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1991
- Reference No
- 18346
- Movement No
- 6'373'194
- Case No
- X279102
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- Platinum and diamonds
- Calibre
- Automatic, 3155, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Platinum <em>Rolex President </em>bracelet, 185 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- Platinum <em>Rolex </em>concealed folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 36 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex </em>Attestation de Chronomètre Officiel dated 8 March 1994, leather wallet and fitted presentation box.
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
This heavy Day-Date is rendered in platinum and finished with diamond-set numerals and diamond-set bezel, which perfectly contrasts with the sleek slate-grey dial. Overall a very original example complete with original guarantee and fitted presentation box.
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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