5mm case cradles a beautifully patinated dial
Unlike its American counterparts by Bulova and Hamilton
but the one we have for you today really is truly a different kind of awesome
or just really shiny (can those be the same occasion
came on the heels of the three-way tie for the first automatic chronograph movement - the Calibre 11
Rolex Day-Date World Timer 5mm case cradles a beautifullyWhen Rolex released the Day Date in 1956, it was, in many ways, the brand's saving grace. The brand had all but abandoned complicated wristwatches after the failure of its previous triple calendar moon phase watches, references 8171 and 6062 (the former of which, incidentally, fetched $1. 2 million at Christie's a few years ago). But Rolex secured the patent for the Day Date on July 23, 1955, rushed production, and debuted the model at the Basel fair