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Rolex. A very fine and rare 18K gold automatic wristwatch with day, date, sweep centre seconds and bracelet, made for Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said
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Rolex. A very fine and rare 18K gold automatic wristwatch with day, date, sweep centre seconds and bracelet, made for Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said

SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, DAY-DATE, RETAILED BY KHIMJI RAMDAS, REF. 1807, CASE NO. 4'043'790, CIRCA 1975

Closed9 November 2015

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Rolex. A very fine and rare 18K gold automatic wristwatch with day, date, sweep centre seconds and bracelet, made for Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said
Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, retailed by Khimji Ramdas, ref. 1807, case no. 4'043'790, circa 1975
Cal. 1556 automatic movement, 26 jewels, silvered matte dial, green Qaboos signature, applied baton numerals, luminous accents, luminous hands, sweep centre seconds, outer fifth of a second combined with Arabic five minutes divisions on sunken track, aperture for day in English, magnified window for date, tonneau-shaped water-resistant-type case, bark-finished bezel, screw back stamped "KR" for Khimji Ramdas, screw down crown, 18K gold Rolex President bracelet with bark-finished central links, deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed by maker, case further signed by retailer
36 mm. diam.; overall length approx. 190 mm.

Specialist note

One of the astoundingly rare timepieces with the signature of Sultan Qaboos on the dial, this Omani wristwatch is an extremely collectable example of Rolex Day-Date. Underlining the importance of the piece, the case number is reprised inside the case back, an unusual feature Rolex reserved only for the most particular special orders. The present example of reference 1807 further distinguishes itself for the presence of the stamp KR to the outside of the case back. Khimji Ramdas is the Rolex dealer for Oman. It is established that all Omani pieces (whether with the Sultan's signature or also with the Khanjar) were originally sold either by Ramdas in Muscat or by Asprey in London.