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Rolex
Ref. 18038
Day-Date
A highly rare and attractive yellow gold calendar wristwatch with lapis lazuli dial, bracelet, guarantee, numbered hang tag and presentation box
- Estimate
- CHF20,000 - 40,000€19,600 - 39,300$21,200 - 42,500
CHF81,900
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1983
- Reference No
- 18038
- Movement No
- 0'924'068
- Case No
- 7'407'455
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- 18K yellow gold and lapis lazuli
- Calibre
- Automatic, cal. 3055, 27 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k yellow gold Rolex President bracelet, max length 185mm
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18K yellow gold Rolex deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 36mm Diameter
- Signed
- Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
- Accessories
- Accompanied by Rolex guarantee, numbered hang tag, product literature, presentation box and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Ever glamorous and luxurious, the Day-Date model delights with its myriad of dial, bracelet, bezel and gold-finished designs. The firm has elevated its Day-Date models with materials such as rubellite, blood stone, coral, and even fossil, providing an unusual design twist to the iconic model.
This rare variant of reference 18038 is fitted with a beautiful lapis lazuli dial that is preserved in excellent condition with no cracks or fissures. All crisp hallmarks are present on the caseback, further underscoring its condition and rarity. Furthermore, it is accompanied by its guarantee and numbered hang tag, providing another element of collectibility.
This rare variant of reference 18038 is fitted with a beautiful lapis lazuli dial that is preserved in excellent condition with no cracks or fissures. All crisp hallmarks are present on the caseback, further underscoring its condition and rarity. Furthermore, it is accompanied by its guarantee and numbered hang tag, providing another element of collectibility.
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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