~ 9ct Yellow Gold Rolex Wristwatch c1959 ~
A nice quality 9ct gold Rolex wristwatch dated to 1959.
The watch has a 9ct gold case and comes on a modern black leather strap.
It has a silvered dial with gold coloured Arabic numeral hours, an outer minutes ring and two gold coloured ‘pointer’ hands.
The dial has a subsidiary seconds dial above the 6 o’clock position.
The dial is named ‘Rolex’ with the company logo above.
The caseback is marked to the inside ‘Dennison Made In England For Rolex’
There are two serial numbers of ‘12868’ and ‘978747’.
It is hallmarked for 9ct gold, Birmingham, 1959 with a makers mark of ‘ALD’.
The watch has a 17 jewels, 1200 calibre movement with a serial no. of ‘N95356’ named ‘Montres Rolex S.A. Geneva Swiss’.
~ Dimensions ~
The dial has a diameter of 27mm while the watch measures 30mm across the dial (33mm including crown).
The watch with strap has a length of 23cm (9 inches).
It weighs 30.6g.
~ Condition ~
The dial is reasonably clean with only a couple of light scratches.
The crystal is free from scratches.
The case is in very good order with just one small ding to the case back.
For some reason the crown sticks out an extra millimetre or so but this doesn’t affect performance.
The watch is in good working order.
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