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Rolex
Ref. 18239B, inner caseback stamped 18200
Day-Date, "Tridor"
A fine and rare white gold, yellow gold, pink gold and diamond-set wristwatch with center seconds, day, date and three-tone bracelet
- Estimate
- HK$140,000 - 180,000€15,800 - 20,300$17,900 - 23,100
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1990
- Reference No
- 18239B, inner caseback stamped 18200
- Movement No
- 5'866'243
- Case No
- E758’903
- Model Name
- Day-Date, "Tridor"
- Material
- 18K white gold, yellow gold, pink gold and diamond
- Calibre
- Automatic, 3155, 27 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18K white gold, yellow gold and pink gold three-tone Rolex tridor jubilee bracelet, endlinks stamped “55 B”, max length 185mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18K white gold, yellow gold and pink gold three-tone Rolex tridor jubilee folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 36mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
- Accessories
- Further accompanied by extra link, brochures, and calendar card
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The Day-Date is Rolex's most prestigious line of dress watches since it was launched in 1956. Predominantly produced in either gold or platinum, Rolex introduced a special variant of the series during the 1980s. The Day-Date Tridor compromised of using 18K yellow gold, pink gold and white gold in a blend to display three different materials on the center link of the bracelet. Referenced the 18239, the production of the Tridor seized in the early 2000s.
The present watch offered is a reference 18239 B, with diamond indexes. Presented in overall very good condition, this is an example from 1990, with minimal signs of wear.
The present watch offered is a reference 18239 B, with diamond indexes. Presented in overall very good condition, this is an example from 1990, with minimal signs of wear.
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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