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Lot 115
Rolex. An attractive and extremely rare 18K gold and diamond-set automatic wristwatch with day, date, sweep centre seconds and light green lacquered dial
SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, DAY-DATE, REF. 18078, CASE NO. 6'306'555, CIRCA 1980
Closed9 November 2015
Price Realised
CHF 26,250
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Specialist note
Thanks to their playful looks and extremely high quality finish, lacquered dials for Day-Date watches - better known as "Stella" dials by the Rolex community - have risen over the past years to the top of collectors' wish lists worldwide. However, as some stella colors are rarer than others, also among these remarkable example of horological art there is a hierarchy. Light green stella dials are unquestionably on the podium of this peculiar "race". When such a dial comes with the exclusive diamonds numerals, one can be sure to be in front of an example of high horology which is as attractive as it is rare.