2003 Rolex Day-Date 36mm White Gold 118239 Cherry Red Dial

Here we have the rare curvaceous 2003 Rolex Day-Date 118239 Cherry Red Dial featuring a 36mm 18ct White Gold Oyster case that gently curves over your wrist with fine tapered lugs. Its curved flanks lead to a comfortable lug-to-lug length of 43mm and a case thickness of 12mm. On the right side, a signed coin-edged screw-down crown. An attractive fluted bezel holds a domed sapphire crystal above a stunning sunburst Cherry Red dial. An outer minute railroad features Roman numeral hour markers above applied baton indexes filled with lume. At 12 o’clock, we have the Day crescent and at 3 o’clock, a date window with Cyclops magnification. Baton hands filled with lume are complemented by a tapered sweeping second hand. At noon, the Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-Date and at 6 o’clock, Superlative Chronometer Officially Certified completes this distinctive timepiece. On the reverse, a screw-down, solid coin-edged case back, inside an automatic Rolex Cal. 3155, 31 jewels, 28,800 beats per hour. This COSC Chronometer Certified movement was first introduced in 1988. The watch comes paired with its original 20mm 18ct White Gold President bracelet with a concealed clasp. This watch is sold with its original set, including Rolex presentation boxes, Rolex wallet, original Rolex paperwork, and swing tags.

This watch is sold with its original set, including Rolex presentation boxes, a Rolex wallet, original Rolex paperwork, and swing tags, along with a 2022 Rolex Service. The watch comes paired with its original 20mm 18ct White Gold Presidential bracelet with a concealed clasp and 23 links, one less than a full bracelet. The watch is from June 2003 and is sold in worn condition. Overall, however, the watch is in very good condition, as you can see from the photos. The watch comes with our 12-Months Warranty.

A White Gold 36mm Day-Date is a grail watch for some and an undeniably incredible watch on the wrist, so add to that a rare 'Cherry Red' dial, outstanding condition and a great set, all of a sudden, you have hit peak Rolex collectability. This reference 118239 is not one to sleep on if you are interested, they come up rarely as it is and even more so as good and complete as this one. The 'Cherry Red' dial is mesmerising in person, and the serious heft of the white gold case and bracelet make it a dream on the wrist. Photos will never do this one justice, so book an appointment and see it in the gold for yourself. But be warned, you will want to walk out with it on your wrist!

Reference : 118239
Movement : Automatic Rolex Cal. 3155
Age : June 2003
Year : 2003
Case Size : 36mm
Case Thickness : 12mm
Lug to Lug : 43mm
Lugs : 20mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box and Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : 18ct White Gold
Warranty : 12-Months Warranty
The wrist model's wrist size is 7inch

In 1905, German-born Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law Alfred Davis set up a company in London that imported Swiss movements, which were installed in British cases and sold to jewellers who put their names on the dials. Recognising the potential for their brand, Wilsdorf created the brand name Rolex in 1908. In 1910, a Rolex became the first wristwatch to carry the Swiss Certificate of Chronometric Precision, awarded by the Official Watch Rating Centre in Bienne, Switzerland. Demand for Rolex watches rose swiftly, and British taxes on the Swiss movements Rolex used prompted Wilsdorf to move the business to Geneva, Switzerland, in 1919. With production costs lowered, Wilsdorf quickly set out to solve the age-old problem of moisture and dust entering a watch case and damaging the movement. The Rolex watchmakers came up with a fully sealed watch case, which Wilsdorf named the Oyster, and released it to an appreciative audience in 1926. In 1931, Rolex introduced the first automatic winding wristwatch, giving it the legendary name Oyster Perpetual. In 1945, they released Datejust. The Datejust was the first watch to have the date jump instantaneously at midnight. The 1950s saw a whole lot of releases, such as the Air-King (1958), the Explorer (1953), the Submariner (1953), the GMT-Master (1955), the Day-Date (1956), the electromagnetic field-resistant Milgauss (1956), the Lady-Datejust (1957) and the first Deep Sea model (1960). Wilsdorf’s death in 1960 saw ownership of Rolex S.A. (a collection of sub-companies) passed to the Hans Wilsdorf Foundation, which was founded by Wilsdorf in 1945, the mission of which is simply to sustain Rolex S.A. indefinitely.