200
Rolex
Ref. 1601
DateJust
A fine and rare white gold wristwatch with sweep centre seconds, date, watch rate certificate and service receipts
- Estimate
- HK$120,000 - 180,000
HK$150,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- 1964
- Reference No
- 1601
- Movement No
- 56778D
- Case No
- 1'053'979
- Model Name
- DateJust
- Material
- 18k white gold
- Calibre
- Automatic, 1560, 26 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Black leather strap
- Clasp/Buckle
- 18k white gold <em>Rolex</em> buckle
- Dimensions
- 36 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed </em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex</em> Bureaux Suisses de Contrôle Officiel de la Marche des Chronometres Watch Rate Certificate dated 18 November 1964, service receipts dated 20 February 1969 and 27 October 1981 and wallet.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The present example, cased in white gold, has always been the rarest metal among the DateJust family. Preserved in excellent and original condition, the present watch is fitted with a very charismatic dial. The case still retains its original proportion, fluted bezel is still very crisp. The hallmarks are as sharp as they should be. It is rare to find a white gold DateJust in such condition but rarest still, for the watch to include its original paperwork.
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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