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Rolex. A very fine and rare 18K gold automatic wristwatch with day, date, sweep centre seconds, tiger’s eye dial and box
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Rolex. A very fine and rare 18K gold automatic wristwatch with day, date, sweep centre seconds, tiger’s eye dial and box

Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, ref. 18078, case no. 9'823'692, circa 1987

Closed12 November 2018

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Rolex. A very fine and rare 18K gold automatic wristwatch with day, date, sweep centre seconds, tiger’s eye dial and box

Signed Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, ref. 18078, case no. 9'823'692, circa 1987
Movement: cal. 3055, automatic, 27 jewels, signed
Dial: tiger’s eye, signed
Case: screw back, inside case back stamped 18000, 36 mm. diam., signed
With: 18K gold Rolex President bracelet with bark effect centre links, deployant clasp stamped 8723, overall length approx. 190 mm., Rolex Chronometer seal hang tag, fitted presentation box

Specialist note

Rolex Day-Dates with stone dials are rare in their own right. Examples with a tiger’s eye dial, such as the present ref. 18078, are among the rarest because the tiger’s eye dial is mainly found on the Datejust model due to the difficulty of cutting the days of the week aperture in the stone.

To date, less than ten examples of the Day-Date with tiger’s eye dial have appeared at international auction.

This particular example is even more unusual featuring a bark finish bezel and bracelet centre links. It is furthermore presented in very attractive overall condition.