25,000 CHF
ROLEX REF. 18038 DAY-DATE BURGUNDY STELLA DIAL QABOOS SIGNATURE DIAMOND INDEXES YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. 5429285, Ref. 18038. Made in 1977. Very fine, and extremely rare center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with burgundy stella dial, day and date and an 18K yellow gold President bracelet with concealed deployant clasp. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Burgundy with applied diamond indexes and Qaboos signature, outer minute/seconds divisions, aperture for the day and date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 3055, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. Approx. bracelet length 180 mm. The present watch is part of an exceedingly rare series made especially for the Sultan of Oman, so called the 'Qaboos', Qaboos Bin Said Al Said, as written in arab below the hands on the dial. Being the ruler of the Sultanate of Oman since the early 1970's, the 'Qaboos' ordered some special watches for the Royal Court to Rolex, among which the famous model Day Date. Some were inscribed on the dial with the Read more…
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-05-10
