Posts Tagged ‘Oysterquartz’
1530 Rolex Oyster Perpetual Date
Long time readers will know by the rehaut, this is a Rolex that is not what it first appears to be. If you love watches, you’d spot this case from across the room. You’d say ‘Nice Oysterquartz’, and in 19/20 passes, you’d be entirely correct. But this is the one time you’d be off. This…
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If you love watches, you’d spot this case from across the room. You’d say ‘Nice Oysterquartz’, and in 19/20 passes, you’d be entirely correct. But this is the one time you’d be off. This is a 1530, it’s mechanical, and it’s what came first. The 1530 confounds expectation, made in just ~1500 examples, the wrist…
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Rolex’s ref. 1530 is pure ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not Oysterquartz!®’ with a mechanical—and often tropical—edge. Because it was produced in relatively tiny numbers, just ~1500 examples, anyone who knows anything about watches is going to be expecting its seconds hand to be ticking when they see the case shape. Then they get close and,…
Read MoreBirchwood Dial 19018 Rolex Oysterquartz Day-Date
I know it says Rolex on the dial, but in every other way this is the anti-Rolex. It’s got a battery. There’s an integrated bracelet. The dial is not silver, not stone, but wood. It’s a Day-Date, but not as you know it. Everyone has an off day every now and again, but Rolex had…
Read More19158 ‘Rainbow’ Rolex Oysterquartz
I’ll be the first to admit that, historically, gem-set Rolex have never really spoken to my heart as a collector. Yet, as I’ve said here frequently, it is the mark of a true enthusiast to be able to appreciate that which they do not necessarily desire. As gem-set watches go, I’m not sure they come…
Read More19019 Rolex Oysterquartz Day-Date
The classic 18038 Day-Date is an institution of luxury which stands outside of time, totally ageless, as an object of discreet taste. The Oysterquartz Day-Date is the sibling who wears pink floral print shirts to Michelin-star restaurants in the heart of Paris, the sibling who orders a double of Lagavulin neat from a craft cocktail…
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