Rolex - The Hong Kong Watch Auction: FIVE Hong Kong Monday, November 27, 2017 | Phillips
  • Manufacturer: Rolex
    Year: Circa 1967
    Reference No: 1019
    Movement No: 23'338
    Case No: 1'615'792, case interior stamped ii.67
    Model Name: Milgauss
    Material: Stainless steel
    Calibre: Automatic, cal. 1580, 26 jewels
    Bracelet/Strap: Stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet, reference 78360, end links stamped 580, max. length 175mm
    Clasp/Buckle: Stainless steel Rolex deployant clasp
    Dimensions: 37mm diameter
    Signed: Case, dial and movement signed

  • Catalogue Essay

    Rolex has long been associated with tool watches and their Milgauss, reference 1019 is one of the most sublime and elegant. Produced between 1960 and 1989, the reference 1019 featured the Faraday Cage, which was used to protect the movement from electromagnetic fields used by scientists whom the watch was marketed. It was sold with the silvered dial like the present watch, or a black dial, both with a clean modern look, which fits the changing era of the 60’s to a more minimalist style.

  • Artist Biography

    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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903

Ref. 1019
An attractive and fine stainless steel anti-magnetic wristwatch with silver dial, bracelet sweep centre seconds

Circa 1967
37mm diameter
Case, dial and movement signed

Estimate
HK$120,000 - 200,000 
€13,100-21,800
$15,000-25,000

Sold for HK$150,000

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Ziyong Ho
Specialist
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The Hong Kong Watch Auction: FIVE

Hong Kong Auction 28 November 2017