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Rolex
Ref. 18038
Day-Date
A fine yellow gold, diamond and ruby-set calendar wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, champagne dial and bracelet
- Estimate
- HK$100,000 - 150,000
HK$137,500
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 1985
- Reference No
- 18038
- Movement No
- 1'067'245
- Case No
- 8'980'058
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- 18k yellow gold, diamonds and rubies
- Calibre
- Automatic, 3055, 27 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k yellow gold <em>Rolex President</em> bracelet, 180 mm. maximum length, end links stamped 55
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k yellow gold <em>Rolex</em> concealed folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 36 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With Rolex Attestation de Chronomètre Officiel dated December 1985.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Reference 18038 was produced from 1977 and 1988. The reference was characterized by its fluted bezel and sapphire crystal. The present watch, fitted with a charming champagne dial, is further enriched with baguette cut rubies and round cut diamond hour markers.
Rolex launched the sapphire crystal in 1977 which was fitted onto gold Day-Dates, DateJusts, Turnographs and Oyster Quartz Models. The sapphire crystal is much harder and durable than the previously used acrylic glass, and therefore very unlikely to get scratched.
This Day-Date is also in wonderfully original condition, still retaining its original paperwork.
Rolex launched the sapphire crystal in 1977 which was fitted onto gold Day-Dates, DateJusts, Turnographs and Oyster Quartz Models. The sapphire crystal is much harder and durable than the previously used acrylic glass, and therefore very unlikely to get scratched.
This Day-Date is also in wonderfully original condition, still retaining its original paperwork.
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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