Sunday, May 20, 2007

The "Vintage Serie"
Rolex Oyster Perpetual "Daytona"

Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph "Daytona", Ref. 16520. Made in the 1990s. Self-winding, water-resistant to 100 meters, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer, 50-hour autonomy and a stainless steel Rolex Oyster flip-lock bracelet. Three-body case, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back, buttons and crown, "Triplock" winding-crown protected by the "crown guard", tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. Dial: Bi-colored black and silver with applied tritium-coated steel indexes, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated steel "bâton" hands. Movement: Caliber 4030, rhodium-plated, "oeil-de-perdrix"decoration, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws. Diameter 40 mm. Thickness 13 mm.

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Wednesday, October 25, 2006

The "Vintage Serie"
Rolex Cosmograph Daytona

So-called "Paul Newman". Ref. 6241, with black anti-reflective bezel. Made in the 1960s. Water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tachometer and a stainless steel Oyster bracelet. Three-body case, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 200 units per hour. Dial: Bi-colored off-white and black with tritium-coated square steel indexes, sunk “guilloché” subsidiary dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Tritium-coated steel "bâton" hands. Movement: Caliber 722-1, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 3 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws. Diameter 37 mm. Thickness 14 mm.

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Sunday, February 05, 2006

The "Vintage Serie"

Rolex Submariner


So-called "James Bond" Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, "Submariner, 100m/330ft". Made in 1957. Center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with a stainless steel Rolex Oyster bracelet. Three-body case, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated bi-directional revolving black bezel for the decompression times. Black dial with tritium-coated bâton, triangular and round indexes. Tritium-coated "skeleton" hands. Movement: Caliber 1030, rhodium-plated, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance-spring. Diameter 37 mm. Thickness: 13 mm.

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Monday, January 09, 2006

Rolex Submariner 16610LV

Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner Date Watch, 50th Anniversary Edition. 40mm stainless steel case, green time lapse bezel, black dial, and Oyster Fliplock Bracelet. Water resistant to 1000 feet. Produced to mark the 50th anniversary of the Rolex Submariner, this special edition Submariner has a unique green bezel and larger hour markers than the standard Submariner Date.

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Thursday, December 29, 2005

The "Vintage Serie"
Rolex Explorer II


So-called "Steve McQueen" Rolex, Oyster Perpetual Date, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1655. Made in the 1970s. Center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch with date, special 24-hour bezel and hand. Stainless steel Rolex "Fliplock" Oyster bracelet. Three-body case, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, graduated 24-hour bezel, crystal with "cyclops" lens. Black dial with tritium-coated indexes, aperture for the date. Tritium-coated "bâton" hands, the orange arrow to indicate the diurnal and nocturnal hours for the 24-hour graduated bezel. Movement: Caliber 1570, rhodium plated, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to temperatures and 5 positions, shock-absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Diameter 39 mm. Thickness: 14 mm.

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Thursday, November 24, 2005

The "Vintage Serie"
Rolex Ref. 2552


Made circa 1940. 18K yellow gold keyless pocket chronometer. Three-body case, “bassine pincée”, polished. Two-tone dial, silvered, with applied yellow gold “bâton” indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold “épée” hands. Movement 16''', Observatory Quality “Class A Certificate 1067”, rhodium plated, polished, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Diam. 45 mm.

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Monday, November 07, 2005

The "Vintage Serie"
Rolex Oyster Perpetual GMT Master

Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Ref. 1675. Made in the late 1950s. Two-time zone, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold gentleman's wristwatch with date and a special 24-hour bezel and hand. Case:. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screwed-down case back and crown, back with monogram, Twinlock winding-crown, graduated 24-hour revolving bronze bezel for the second time-zone, crystal with "Cyclops" lens. Dial: Brown with applied yellow gold tritium-coated round, bâton and triangular indexes, aperture for the date. Tritium-coated yellow gold "skeleton" hands. Caliber: 1560, rhodium-plated, 26 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to tempeatures and 5 positions, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance-spring, Microstella regulating screws. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness: 12 mm.

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Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Rolex Cosmograph Daytona

The Cosmograph Daytona catches fire. Since the introduction of the new Calibre 4130 in 2000, the Cosmograph Dayton offers several variations for demanding connoisseurs. In 2004, it has been presented for the first time ever in 18-carat white gold, fitted with a sturdy bracelet with quick length adjustment system housed in the clasp. The case with its polished lug tops features a tachometric bezel with numerals pointing towards the centre, conferring considerable visual harmony on this model. Legibility is the top priority here: all the hands have been broadened, including those of the counters, which are red like the chronograph hand

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