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Lot Essay
With Rolex Warranty card stamped NY Grand Central Watch Co. and dated January 6th 2006, leather envelope with Rolex notepad, leather cardholder, product literature, polishing cloth, Rolex presentation box, outer packaging and sales tag.
Rolex has used a number of exotic materials for the dial constructions on Day-Date watches. A few examples include: marble, mirrors, fossils, coral, wood, and a wild array of semi-precious stones. The present watch, however, features what is arguably among the most unusual materials to be employed in dial construction: true meteorite. Originated most probably during the planetary formation phase of the solar system as an ejection of planetary molten core, the material then cooled in the vacuum and zero gravity environment of deep space, creating the typical pattern called “Widmanstätten pattern” which can be admired on the dial of this, quite literally, stellar timepiece.
Rolex has used a number of exotic materials for the dial constructions on Day-Date watches. A few examples include: marble, mirrors, fossils, coral, wood, and a wild array of semi-precious stones. The present watch, however, features what is arguably among the most unusual materials to be employed in dial construction: true meteorite. Originated most probably during the planetary formation phase of the solar system as an ejection of planetary molten core, the material then cooled in the vacuum and zero gravity environment of deep space, creating the typical pattern called “Widmanstätten pattern” which can be admired on the dial of this, quite literally, stellar timepiece.