- VINTAGE ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL DATEJUST 18K WHITE GOLD SERIAL NUMBER
- VINTAGE ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL DATEJUST 18K WHITE GOLD SKIN
- VINTAGE ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL DATEJUST 18K WHITE GOLD FREE
We carry tan, conker, dark brown and black in stock and in plain padded leather, or crocodile skin or lizard skin.
VINTAGE ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL DATEJUST 18K WHITE GOLD FREE
Please note, if a different colour or style of strap is preferred, please let us know and we will do our best to oblige free of charge.
The strap fitted is a new very high quality Tan Crocodile Leather strap with a Rolex gold plated buckle. *Please note – our 12 months’ warranty is only included if the list price is paid. The watch is offered with 12 months’ warranty on the movement*. The movement has been very carefully calibrated and it is running strongly and accurately within +8 seconds/day which is outstanding for a watch movement of this age! This watch movement is now ready for many more years of faithful service and is perfectly suited for everyday use. The movement carries the movement reference number D40036 and the Calibre number 1560. It is signed MONTRES ROLEX SA GENEVA and TWENTY SIX JEWELS, ADJUSTED to FIVE POSITIONS. This movement is known as a ‘butterfly’ movement because the lightened rotor resembles a butterfly wing. Here, it is in sparkling condition and working perfectly following a thorough overhaul and service by our vintage Rolex specialist watchmaker. This watch is fitted with the high grade “Officially Certified Chronometer” 26 Jewels, 1560 calibre ‘butterfly’ movement which is very highly regarded for being particularly accurate, reliable and strong.
VINTAGE ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL DATEJUST 18K WHITE GOLD SERIAL NUMBER
The serial number indicates the date of manufacture of the watch as 1958. The case carries the external serial number 937,695 between the lugs at 6’, along with the model number 1601 again, at 12’. The inside of the case-back carries the Rolex model number 1601 with 18ct Swiss Geneva hallmarks and is signed Montres Rolex SA Geneva Switzerland.
The watch has the early shallow fluted bezel, which is much easier on the eye than the later more heavily fluted bezel. The case has been professionally cleaned and restored through very careful and sympathetic light polishing and is in immaculate condition with no scratches, dings or similar marks visible to the naked eye.
The original 18ct yellow gold case measures 36mm, not including the Rolex Oyster screw-down crown. The simplicity of this dial design has also become a timeless and contemporary classic. This is the original Rolex dial which has been sympathetically restored to the very highest standards by the best dial restorers in the UK. This beautifully clean White dial with applied gilt batons and original early ‘Leaf’ hands are the epitome of style and elegance. Early Rolex Datejust watches of this quality and condition are very rare and hard to find, so we are very pleased to offer this watch to you here. This is Rolex model reference 1601, which has the Rolex Chronometer grade Cal.1560, 26 jewel movement. The watch we have here is a fully restored Rolex Datejust in 18ct yellow gold from 1958. The Rolex Datejust along with the Rolex Day Date have remained Rolex’s range-topping, gentlemen’s dress watches, for over 60 years! However, early Rolex Datejusts are rarer and more sought after, so command higher prices than the Day Date. The Datejust also possessed a central seconds hand, moving from the subsidiary seconds hand that was the style at the time. The large 36mm size and classic design has become an icon of style and quality, changing very little in the intervening years. ‘Just’ stands for “just in time,” advancing the date exactly at midnight without delay. When launched in 1945, the Rolex Datejust broke new ground by being the world’s first automatic date mechanism in a wristwatch.
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