97th Auction

2018/5/12

Lot 360

Rolex "Perpetual Precision", Movement No. G4669, Ref. 8171, Cal. Hunter 10277, 38 mm, circa 1953
An attractive automatic Rolex "Padellone" with full calendar and moon phase
Case: 18k gold, push back ref. 8171 and engraving 011 and crown, Rolex buckle. Dial: silvered, raised indexes, auxiliary seconds, window for weekday and months in English, outer black date indicator, moon phase, baton hands.
Reference 8171 is known as Padellone among the collectors and its attractive proportions make it one of the most legendary and sought-after vintage models of Rolex. Rolex watches with full calendar and moon phase are extremely rare - in fact, Rolex has only ever produced two models which display the day of the week, the month, the date and the moon phases: reference 6062 in a 36 mm Oyster case, and reference 8171 with a remarkable 38 mm diameter. It is interesting to note that both models were only produced during a very short period in the early 1950s, in yellow gold, rose gold and stainless steel.
The distinguishing features of the silvered dial are the gold-coloured and bevelled hour indexes; they are surrounded by the date ring with black numerals 1 to 31. The date hand has an arrow-shaped blued tip, while hour and minute hand are both baton hands.
Only a few references 8171 have come on the market in the last few decades - whereas the number of avid collectors has multiplied enormously.

estimated
30.00040.000 €
Price realized
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