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Rolex
Ref. 18238
Day-Date
A fine and very rare yellow gold calendar wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, malachite dial, bracelet, chronometer certificate and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$160,000 - 300,000
HK$275,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1999
- Reference No
- 18238
- Movement No
- 7'695'480
- Case No
- T572332
- Model Name
- Day-Date
- Material
- 18k yellow gold and malachite
- Calibre
- Automatic, 3155, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- 18k yellow gold <em>Rolex President</em> bracelet, 165 mm. maximum length, end links stamped 55B
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k yellow gold <em>Rolex</em> concealed folding deployant clasp stamped Rolex, reference 8385
- Dimensions
- 36 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With<em> Rolex</em> undated Officiel Chronometer Certification, sales tag, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
Rolex incorporated a variety of different hard stones into their dials to add colour and beauty to their creations. In additional to their beauty, these materials most often carry strong spiritual meanings and properties. Malachite, symbolizes a good luck and is used as an ornamental stone in jewelery as well as for decorative purposes.
The present Day-Date is fitted with a malachite hard stone dial, due to the fragility of the stone, no hour markers have been fitted to the dial. The graphics are in gold and gold frames surrounded the calendar apertures, like with all Rolex hard stone Day-Dates.
Still retaining its original factory sticker and accompanied by its Guarantee, this Day-Date is a superb example combining beauty and rarity.
The present Day-Date is fitted with a malachite hard stone dial, due to the fragility of the stone, no hour markers have been fitted to the dial. The graphics are in gold and gold frames surrounded the calendar apertures, like with all Rolex hard stone Day-Dates.
Still retaining its original factory sticker and accompanied by its Guarantee, this Day-Date is a superb example combining beauty and rarity.
Literature
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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