ROLEX Ref. 18038/18000

ROLEX REF. 18038/18000 DAY-DATE MAHOGANY DIAL YELLOW GOLD Rolex, Oyster Perpetual, Day-Date, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified, case No. 5535127, Ref. 18038/18000. Made in 1978. Very fine, center-seconds, self-winding, water-resistant, 18K yellow gold wristwatch with mahogany dial, day and date with a Rolex buckle. Accompanied by a box. Three-body, solid, polished and brushed, screw-down case back and crown, fluted bezel, sapphire crystal with cyclops lens. Satine mahogany with applied yellow gold baton indexes, outer minute/seconds divisions, gold-framed apertures for the day of the week and quick-set date. Luminous yellow gold baton hands. Cal. 3055, rhodium-plated, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 27 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 5 positions and temperature, shock absorber, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 13 mm. ANTIQUORUM's 1989 thematic auction "The Art of Patek Philippe" signaled the start of the company's growing popularity among watch enthusiasts. Consequently, thanks to the successful market of the late 1980s, the Ref. 3970 became a "best seller" for PATEK PHILIPPE. Amazingly enough, only a handful of collectors recognized the true scarcity of certain variations for this watch, in particular, the endless possibilities for collecting Ref. 3970 by dial variation or different styled indexes and Read more…