ROLEX. A RARE AND HEAVY 18K GOLD ASYMMETRIC LEFT HANDED WINDING WRISTWATCH WITH INTEGRAL 18K GOLD ‘KING MIDAS’ BRACELET
ROLEX. A RARE AND HEAVY 18K GOLD ASYMMETRIC LEFT HANDED WINDING WRISTWATCH WITH INTEGRAL 18K GOLD ‘KING MIDAS’ BRACELET
ROLEX. A RARE AND HEAVY 18K GOLD ASYMMETRIC LEFT HANDED WINDING WRISTWATCH WITH INTEGRAL 18K GOLD ‘KING MIDAS’ BRACELET
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ROLEX. A RARE AND HEAVY 18K GOLD ASYMMETRIC LEFT HANDED WINDING WRISTWATCH WITH INTEGRAL 18K GOLD ‘KING MIDAS’ BRACELET
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ROLEXKING MIDAS
ROLEX. A RARE AND HEAVY 18K GOLD ASYMMETRIC LEFT HANDED WINDING WRISTWATCH WITH INTEGRAL 18K GOLD ‘KING MIDAS’ BRACELET

SIGNED ROLEX, KING MIDAS MODEL, REF. 9630, CASE NO. 2'724'884, NO. 642, CIRCA 1971

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ROLEX. A RARE AND HEAVY 18K GOLD ASYMMETRIC LEFT HANDED WINDING WRISTWATCH WITH INTEGRAL 18K GOLD KING MIDAS BRACELET
SIGNED ROLEX, KING MIDAS MODEL, REF. 9630, CASE NO. 2'724'884, NO. 642, CIRCA 1971
Movement: Manual
Dial: Champagne
Case: 27.5 mm. wide
With: 18k gold integrated Rolex bracelet and double deployant clasp, overall length approximately 180 mm., presentation box and outer packaging

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Offered in very good overall condition, the present timepiece comes with the original box in the form of an ancient Greek vase inspired by a stamnos of circa 440 BC in the British Museum by the so-called Midas painter as well as the outer packaging.

Rolex ‘King Midas’ was designed by the legendary Gerald Genta long before he came to prominence with Audemars Piguet’s Royal Oak and Patek Philippe’s Nautilus. Introduced in 1962, it was produced through the 1960’s before it was absorbed into the Cellini line-up from 1972. The Midas models were characterised by their asymmetrical shape that was inspired by the Pantheon of the Gods and the left-handed winding crown which was inspired by the legend of King Midas - everything he touched with his left hand turned to gold. Interestingly, the King Midas, the heaviest gold watch around in the 1960s, was also the most expensive Rolex model. Super Luxurious and alluding to the lustre and compelling attraction of solid gold, it cost roughly 30 percent more than the Day-Date at the time, which was the other Rolex model only made in precious metals.

The most famous example of the King Midas was worn by Elvis Presley. While performing six shows at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in 1970, he was presented with a yellow gold reference 9630, No. 343. Today, this watch is on display at his home Graceland. Another famous example of the King Midas was worn in the 1974 James Bond movie, ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’, by the villain Francisco Scaramanga, played by Sir Christopher Lee.

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