製造商: Rolex 年份: Circa 2002 型號: 118238 機芯編號: 39'095'230 錶殼號碼: Y'851'674 型號名稱: Day-Date 材料: 18K yellow gold, diamonds and grossular garnet rubellite 機芯: Automatic, cal. 3155, 31 jewels 錶帶/ 錶鏈: 18K yellow gold Rolex President bracelet, max length 190mm 錶扣: 18K yellow gold Rolex deployant clasp 尺寸: 36mm Diameter 簽名: Case, dial, movement and bracelet signed
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This beautiful yellow gold Day-Date is fitted with an incredibly attractive and rare rubellite dial with diamond-set numerals. The textured effect of the rubellite adds flair, movement and intrigue to the dial layout, and furthermore provides a perfect canvas for the diamond-set numerals to shine on. The calendar windows, like with all hard-stone dials, are framed in yellow gold
Hardstone dials are among the most attractive and collectible dials to have ever found their way into the Day-Date line. Beyond the present rubellite, other stones have been employed by Rolex: onyx, malachite, marble, agate and jade are just some examples of this remarkable diversity.
To the best of our knowledge, the consignor of the present watch upgraded his timepiece with the present dial during a servicing at Bucherer.
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.