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ROLEX. A VERY RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DAY AND DATE, RED STELLA DIAL AND BRACELET
Lot 43 ROLEX
Day-Date Ref. 1803 Red Stella Dial

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

SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, DAY-DATE, REF. 1803, CASE NO. 5’106’073, CIRCA 1977

Closed20 July 2020

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ROLEX. A VERY RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DAY AND DATE, RED STELLA DIAL AND BRACELET
SIGNED ROLEX, OYSTER PERPETUAL, DAY-DATE, REF. 1803, CASE NO. 5’106’073, CIRCA 1977
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 and deployant clasp stamped B, overall length of approx. 180 mm.

Specialist note

Introduced into the market at the Basel Fair in 1956, the Day-Date has always been one of the manufacturer’s flagship models, enjoying continuous popularity. The model has seen an extraordinary variety of dials, watch cases and bracelets. Among these are the so-called Stella dial, produced for a short period during the 1970s, in a variety of colours such as oxblood red, turquoise, blue, green, light mint green and even yellow.

Following the ever-growing success of the “Stella” models Rolex introduced in 2013 a new series of Day-Date models featuring dials in different colours.

The reference 1803 offered here for sale is distinguished by the bright red lacquered Stella dial and its generally very good overall condition.