Stainless Steel and 18K White Gold Rolex Oyester Perpetual DateJust Swiss Made Watch with Blue Dial

This stainless steel and 18K white gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual DateJust wristwatch is Swiss made and features a 34mm round, royal blue coloured dial with white colour Arabic hour numerals and matching silvertone hour, minute and second hands. There is a magnified date window at the 3 o'clock. The fluted bezel is 18K white gold. A stainless steel jubilee bracelet with a deployment clasp is attached. The watch has hour, minute and second hands and runs on an automatic movement. It is scratch resistant, has a sapphire crystal and a screw down crown.  It is water resistant to 100 meters (330 feet.) The watch denotes case #S966873. The Jubilee bracelet is a supple and comfortable five-piece link metal bracelet and was designed and made especially for the launch of the Oyster Perpetual Datejust in 1945. The watch comes with the original box and instruction manual.

Founded in 1905 by Hans Wilsdorf, Rolex has grown to become the world’s leading luxury watch brand. The Rolex name and the famed crown logo are synonymous with prestige, quality, and craftsmanship. The brand patented the first waterproof watch case in 1926, aptly named the Oyster. Using a proprietary construction comprising of a screw-down caseback, screw-down winding crown, and sealed crystal clamped down by a bezel, the Oyster case remains as the foundation for almost all modern Rolex watches. Rolex watches with Oyster cases have a minimum water resistance rating of 100 meters and can reach up to 3,900 meters for specialized diving watch models. 

In 1945, Rolex was the first to introduce a chronometer wristwatch with a date window on the dial. The Datejust and the Day-Date continue to be Rolex’s flagship dress watch models. In the 1980s, Rolex became the first watch brand to use high-grade 904L stainless steel for its watch cases. Since 2018, all steel Rolex watches are fashioned from Rolex’s own 904L alloy, known as "Oystersteel.”  

Today, Rolex manufactures all of its mechanical movements in-house, using both cutting-edge machinery and traditional handmade techniques. Rolex watches are designed to last for many decades and are worn as timepieces and jewellery while vintage models are also widely sought after by collectors. The first Rolex waterproof watch was unveiled in 1926 and was called the Oyster because it was clamped shut like an oyster shell and could survive under water.

• Stainless steel; 18K white gold 
• Gram weight: 95.1 grams 
• Independently appraised value for insurance purposes: $8,100.00 (appraisal certificate included) 
• Measures approximately 7" in length  

All items in the Estate Originals Collection are estate pieces created in years gone by. Although this item is in excellent condition, it could have some signs of its age and past enjoyment. The images shown are of the exact item you will receive.