25 Rolex Very Rare and Valuable, Day-Date, Automatic Wristwatch in Yellow Gold, With Chocolate Lacquered “Stella” Dial, Reference 1802

Estimate: € 40.000 –⁠ 80.000

• Model Day-Date
• Year 1970
• Reference 1802
• Case Material Yellow Gold
• Case Number 2350125
• Bracelet Material Leather Strap
• Movement Automatic, cal. 1556
• Dimension 36 mm
• Signed Dial, movement and case

The Rolex Day-Date is a watch that defines prestige, excellence, and timelessness. From the 1950s, there were many varieties of precious metals and dials made for this model, but the most prestigious one is for sure that of the Stella dial. This iconic representation sees a dial made of lacquer with an incredibly shiny color (that’s why called Stella) such is the present specimen of reference 1802. First of all, the importance of the reference itself since it is much rarer compared to its reed-bezel sibling reference 1803, making the model particularly favored among collectors. Secondly, the charm of the dial: it is indeed fitted with a remarkably important chocolate enamel lacquered “Stella” dial, with applied baton hour indexes, this one is even rarer considering its perfect conditions since Stella variants tended to crack given the fragile nature of the enamel. Among the various Stella colors known, despite the present chocolate, one can count red, yellow, pink, turquoise, various tonalities of green, all of them extremely important.