ROLEX. A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DAY, DATE, ONYX DIAL AND BRACELET
ROLEX. A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DAY, DATE, ONYX DIAL AND BRACELET
ROLEX. A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DAY, DATE, ONYX DIAL AND BRACELET
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ROLEXDAY-DATE ONYX DIAL REF. 18168
ROLEX. A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DAY, DATE, ONYX DIAL AND BRACELET

SIGNED ROLEX, DAY-DATE MODEL, REF. 18168 , CASE NO. 9'461'067, CIRCA 1987

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ROLEX. A RARE AND ATTRACTIVE 18K GOLD AUTOMATIC WRISTWATCH WITH SWEEP CENTRE SECONDS, DAY, DATE, ONYX DIAL AND BRACELET
SIGNED ROLEX, DAY-DATE MODEL, REF. 18168 , CASE NO. 9'461'067, CIRCA 1987
Movement: Automatic
Dial: Onyx
Case: 36 mm. diam.
With: 18k gold Rolex President bracelet and deployant clasp, overall length approximately 190 mm., Rolex service invoice dated 2023

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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. Carefully serviced by its owner, the bezel has been replaced by the standard fluted bezel.

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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