ROLEX, YELLOW GOLD 'DAY-DATE', WITH ONYX DIAL, REF. 18168
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ROLEX, YELLOW GOLD 'DAY-DATE', WITH ONYX DIAL, REF. 18168
Details
CIRCA: 1987
CASE MATERIAL: Yellow gold
CASE DIAMETER: 36 mm.
CASE NO: 9'461'067
BRACELET SIZE: Approx. 195 mm. overall length
BRACELET MATERIAL: Yellow gold
DIAL: Onyx
MOVEMENT: Automatic
FUNCTIONS: Chronograph, date
BOX: No
PAPERS: No
Lot Essay
The present Day-Date is distinguished by its highly attractive and intact Onyx dial with gilt printing. An uncommon reference 18168, which was originally fitted with a baguette-set bezel. The latter bezel has been replaced by the standard fluted bezel following a service.
While Rolex offered a range of Day-Date models with stone dials, including lapis lazuli, marble, various hardstones, opal, coral and malachite, the black onyx dial is perhaps the most recognizable for its unadorned starkness. With its endless black, absence of hour makers and minimal printing to the surface, examples fitted with this particular version take on an almost abstract quality where time rather than being specific becomes an approximate value.
Details
CIRCA: 1987
CASE MATERIAL: Yellow gold
CASE DIAMETER: 36 mm.
CASE NO: 9'461'067
BRACELET SIZE: Approx. 195 mm. overall length
BRACELET MATERIAL: Yellow gold
DIAL: Onyx
MOVEMENT: Automatic
FUNCTIONS: Chronograph, date
BOX: No
PAPERS: No
Lot Essay
The present Day-Date is distinguished by its highly attractive and intact Onyx dial with gilt printing. An uncommon reference 18168, which was originally fitted with a baguette-set bezel. The latter bezel has been replaced by the standard fluted bezel following a service.
While Rolex offered a range of Day-Date models with stone dials, including lapis lazuli, marble, various hardstones, opal, coral and malachite, the black onyx dial is perhaps the most recognizable for its unadorned starkness. With its endless black, absence of hour makers and minimal printing to the surface, examples fitted with this particular version take on an almost abstract quality where time rather than being specific becomes an approximate value.
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ROLEX, YELLOW GOLD 'DAY-DATE', WITH ONYX DIAL, REF. 18168
Estimate CHF 24,000 - CHF 45,000
Starting Price CHF 12,000
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