Important Watches I

Important Watches I

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 2229. Day-Date, Reference 18238 | A yellow gold wristwatch with day, date, onyx dial and bracelet, Circa 1991 | 勞力士 | Day-Date 型號18238 | 黃金鏈帶腕錶,備日期、星期顯示及瑪瑙錶盤,約1991年製.

Rolex

Day-Date, Reference 18238 | A yellow gold wristwatch with day, date, onyx dial and bracelet, Circa 1991 | 勞力士 | Day-Date 型號18238 | 黃金鏈帶腕錶,備日期、星期顯示及瑪瑙錶盤,約1991年製

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April 5, 05:47 AM GMT

Estimate

160,000 - 320,000 HKD

Lot Details

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Rolex

Day-Date, Reference 18238

A yellow gold wristwatch with day, date, onyx dial and bracelet, Circa 1991

勞力士

Day-Date 型號18238

黃金鏈帶腕錶,備日期、星期顯示及瑪瑙錶盤,約1991年製


Dial: onyx

Calibre: cal. 3155 automatic, 31 jewels

Case: 18k yellow gold, screw down case back

Case number: N146538

Closure: 18k yellow gold Rolex President bracelet and folding clasp

Size: 36 mm diameter, bracelet circumference approximately 180 mm

Signed: case, dial and movement

Accessories: Rolex presentation box

附帶盒子

In the 1970s when Rolex had decided to introduce the market with an intriguing set of Hardstone dial for the application on their Day-Date and DateJust collection, it was not an immediate success and required the market a period of time to be accustomed to this new appearance. To make matter worse, authorized retailers at the time would not keep stone-dialed Day-Date and DateJust as inventory, but rather an option that is available upon request at additional cost.

The present Day-Date featuring an Onyx dial is a grail watch for collectors of minimalistic preference. With no markers at all, the design of the watch displays no obstructions for the eyes but would only allow the viewers to adore it’s basic and monochromatic features.