922
Rolex
Ref. 18048
Day-Date
A very fine and extremely attractive gold and diamond-set wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, day, date, red Stella dial, bracelet and Guarantee
- Estimate
- HK$200,000 - 300,000€21,800 - 32,600$25,000 - 38,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1978
- Reference No
- 18048
- Case No
- 5'338'340
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- 18k gold and diamond-set
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 3055, 27 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k gold <em>Rolex President</em> bracelet, max. length 185mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k gold <em>Rolex</em> concealed deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 36mm diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex</em> punched Guarantee stamped by Braunschweig, Germany retailer <em>Die Uhrenecke</em> and dated July 17, 1978, product literature and green document holder.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present example is a very attractive, playful variation of Stella Day-Date, the red Stella dial adding even more flair and character to the glamorous diamond-set case.
Offered in very pleasing condition, and accompanied by its punched Guarantee stamped by German retailer "Die Uhrenecke", the present wristwatch is guaranteed to delight the collector of fine and unusual timepieces.
Offered in very pleasing condition, and accompanied by its punched Guarantee stamped by German retailer "Die Uhrenecke", the present wristwatch is guaranteed to delight the collector of fine and unusual timepieces.
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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