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Rolex Datejust with the rare Shantung dial

Here is a great looking gents vintage Rolex watch that is unlikely to be seen again any time soon - the Rolex Datejust with the rare Shantung dial.

The Rolex Shantung dial was made by weaving raw silk thread in an irregular way across the dial and was made for only a very short time in the 1970's and as it was made for the Asian market, rarely surfaces in the West so it is a real treat to find such a rare and beautiful example such as this blue Shantung dial here.

The watch itself is a classic Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust, reference 1570 made in stainless steel and fitted on the Rolex Jubilee band. Measuring 36mm across plus the Rolex screw down crown, this Rolex is the perfect size to wear day or night.

Inside is the 26 jewelled automatic Rolex calibre 1570 that has been fully serviced and comes with our twelve month warranty and of course runs perfectly.

However it is the great looking blue Shantung dial that really makes this Rolex stand out from all the other Rolex Datejust watches. This dial is just spectacular and is even more highlighted with the smooth bezel so all your attention is on that fabulous blue Shantung dial.

With the case still measuring the iconic 36mm plus the Rolex screw down crown and fitted on the Rolex Jubilee band, this watch has just come back from a full service of the 26 jewelled Rolex automatic calibre 1570 and comes with our twelve month warranty.

If you have been after a Rolex Datejust with a difference, then this might just be the one.

 

Stock# W682

Maker: Rolex

Model: Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust reference 1500

Circa: 1970

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A brief history of Rolex

The Rolex watch company is one of, if not the most recognisable watch name today.  Yet the Rolex company is young when compared to many others wrist and pocket watch makers such as Patek Philippe (founded in 1839), Omega (founded in 1848), Audemars Piguet (founded in 1875) and the very long history of  Vacheron Constantin (founded in 1755).

Rolex was originally started by Hans Wilsdorf  and his brother-in-law Alfred Davis in 1905 under the name “Wilsdorf and Davis” in London where they would import Swiss movements and dials, and then put them in watch cases to retail to stores who would often put their own name on the dial. These original watch cases are sometimes stamped “W & D” and are the earliest forms of watch cases by them. It was also common for them to use cases made by the Dennison company during this period.

The main supplier of movements was from Hermann Aegler and together with Wilsdorf’s continual push for a movement small and comfortable enough to be worn on the wrist – still until this time, pocket watches were being produced, and many early wrist watches were just pocket watch movement and cases convert to be worn on the wrist, and a movement that was of a very high standard that could keep perfect accuracy – indeed in 1910 they sent their first movement to Switzerland and it was awarded the world’s first chronometer rating for a wrist watch.It didn’t take long for Hans Wilsdorf to realise the merit in joining up with Aegler and producing a high grade watch in Switzerland, so in 1919 moved the company over – firmly establishing the Rolex Watch Company.  This name later changed to Montres Rolex, SA, and finally to Rolex, SA.

 Innovations and design

Wilsdorf and Davis were not content in being just another watch company.  In a very short 20 years, Rolex had achieved over 20 world records.

These included the now infamous Rolex Oyster case , the world’s first true waterproof watch thanks to the screw back and screw lock crown – an innovation still in use today, the first true perpetually wound (automatic) watch, which became the now highly sought after “bubble back”.

They also created the first water resistant watch to achieve the depth of 330ft, a specially made model that went to 11,000 ft, the Milgauss which was built to handle strong magnetic fields such as those found in scientific labs, power plants etc.

Rolex have continued to strive for excellence, and there is so much more to the history of Rolex that this article just scratches the tip of what has become an enormous iceberg of a wonderful watch firm.

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