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NOTES & CONDITIONS
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Notes & Conditions:
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Bubbleback yellow gold 14KT, year of production 1951, plastic glass, Thunderbird yellow gold 14KT bezel, rare enamel cloisonné dial depicting Neptune with the two Americas, automatic mechanical movement, Oyster yellow gold 14KT bracelet refolded meshes with rivets, Rolex deployante, finals tubes.
Rare and refined watch of the wrist with extraordinary enamel dial polychrome cloisonné, depicting Neptune with the two Americas, realized in the fifties, of high collecting value, probably product in one single exemplary.
In the fifty’s years, the design of the Maison Rolex is arrived at its peak, in particular for the production of watches from the wrist with the cloisonné enamel dial. Rolex has done to draw these enameling extraordinary dials in very few exemplary from the master craftsmen of the epoch - some unknown - and the more knowns of these dials they were with the references 6084, 6085, 6284, 6285.
The motifs more popular were withdrawing dragon, ship Viking, maps and peacock.
The production of these dials was extremely expensive as they made by hand singly. The artist, first of all, he creates the outline of the desired motif by placing very thin golden threads on the dial. These created partitions, call precisely "Cloisonné", they were then filled from small amounts of powdered enamel of the desired colour and placed in the oven to melt the powder enamel. Subsequently, it was polished by hand until they were obtained a surface perfectly smooth.
Watch original in every part, overhauled in excellent conditions, rare original box Rolex of the epoch, warranty/declaration of sales our shop valid 12 months.
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