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Rolex

Ref. 19018

Oyster Quartz Day-Date

勞力士，「Oyster Quartz Day-Date」型號19018，精細罕有，黃金石英鏈帶腕錶，備中心秒針、日期、星期顯示，約1987年製

估價
HK$39,000–78,000
€4,300–8,700
$5,000–10,000
成交價
HK$94,500
製造商
Rolex
年份
Circa 1987
型號
19018
機芯編號
0’125’989
錶殼號碼
9’724’709
型號名稱
Oyster Quartz Day-Date
材料
18K yellow gold
機芯
Quartz, cal. 5055, 11 jewels
錶帶/ 錶鏈
18K yellow gold Rolex bracelet, max length 155mm
錶扣
18K yellow gold Rolex folding clasp
尺寸
36mm diameter
簽名
Case, dial, movement, bracelet and clasp signed
瀏覽業務規定
Released during the exciting and perhaps one of the most daunting periods of watchmaking, the 1970s witnessed the heights of the quartz crisis. In the late 1960s, a consortium of Swiss watchmakers including Rolex, Patek Philippe and Omega came together with an aim to produce the world’s most accurate quartz movement, known as the Beta 21. By the end of the 1960s, it is estimated that over 6,000 units of the movements were produced and where 1,000 numbered units were fitted onto the Rolex Beta 21 ref. 5100.

In 1977, Rolex finally unveiled the Oysterquartz utilizing their own in-house quartz movement developed over the course of five years after the release of the Beta 21. Made in two versions, Datejust and Day-Date, both models were available with varying case metals and dial configurations.

The present example Oysterquartz Day-Date ref. 19018 from circa 1987 is certainly a rare example to come across. Featuring a blue jubilee dial with applied gold Arabic hour markers, the appeal is unique and tasteful.

Rolex

Swiss | 1905

Founded 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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