Rolex DATE*** 1500 Silver Dial*** 1978 - Roy & Sacha Davidoff SA

Rolex DATE*** 1500 Silver Dial*** 1978

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ROLEX Vintage Oyster Perpetual Date Automatic Chronometer with Silver dial Ref. 1500, great condition, 1978
Serial # 5419XXX
Circa: 1978

DESCRIPTION: Great condition vintage Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date with silver dial and silver hour markers

MOVEMENT: Caliber 1570, Self-winding mechanical movement with 26 jewels
Officially certified chronometer

DIAL: Great condition silver dial with silver applied baton hour markers and beveled date aperture at 3 o’clock. Luminous hour dots and gold Rolex Crown applied at 12 o’clock. Silver hour/minutes hand and central sweep seconds.

CASE: 34mm, great condition stainless steel with smooth bezel and acrylic glass with loupe for date at 3 o’clock

BRACELET: Rolex stainless steel Oyster bracelet

MANUFACTURER: Rolex

NOTES: Rolex was founded in 1905 by Mr. Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law, Mr. Alfred Davis. Hans Wilsdorf registered the trademark name "Rolex" in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland during 1908. Due to heavy import duties levied by the British government on watch components coming from Switzerland, the Wilsdorf & Davis company moved out of Great Britain in 1912 to Geneva, Switzerland. The company name was officially changed to the Rolex Watch Company during 1919. It was later changed to Montres Rolex, SA and finally Rolex, SA. Among the company's innovations are the first self-winding watch; the first waterproof watch case; the first wristwatch with a date on the dial; the first watch to show two time zones at once; and most importantly the first watchmakers to earn the coveted chronometer certification for a wristwatch. To date, Rolex still holds the record for the most certified chronometer movements in the category of wristwatches. The Rolex Date is one of the most classic Rolex models ever made and has the timeless design guaranteed to remain classic and elegant for generations to come.

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