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ROLEX. A VERY RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DAY, DATE, GREEN STELLA DIAL, BRACELET, ORIGINAL GUARANTEE AND BOX
Lot 201 ROLEX
Day-Date Ref. 1803 With Green Stella Dial

ROLEX. A VERY RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DAY, DATE, GREEN STELLA DIAL, BRACELET, ORIGINAL GUARANTEE AND BOX

SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, DAY-DATE, REF. 1803, CASE NO. 3’312’280, CIRCA 1972

Closed11 November 2019

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ROLEX. A VERY RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DAY, DATE, GREEN STELLA DIAL, BRACELET, ORIGINAL GUARANTEE AND BOX
SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, DAY-DATE, REF. 1803, CASE NO. 3’312’280, CIRCA 1972
Movement: cal. 1556, automatic, 26 jewels, signed
Dial: signed
Case: screw back, inside case back stamped 1803, 36 mm. diam., signed
With: 18K gold Rolex President bracelet with deployant clasp stamped 8386, overall length of approx. 180 mm., punched International Guarantee stamped by Italian retailer Paola Calosci, Firenze, and dated 27 November 1972, leather card holder and presentation box

Specialist note

The present ref. 1803 is a very well-preserved representative of the famous model, enhanced by its magnificent intact and vibrant green coloured ‘Lacquered Stella’ dial. It features an Italian calendar, matching the original guarantee stamped by the retailer Paola Calosci of Florence, Italy.

Made in the late 1970s and early 1980s in very small numbers, the colours of lacquer for the dials were mixed by hand and then applied layer after layer until a deep rich gloss coating had built up. Distinguished by an appearance of enamel and referred to by collectors as Stella dials, these timepieces preserved in very well overall condition such as the present example are today much sought after by collectors