Rolex Cellini 18K yellow gold with reference 3617 from 1966

Rolex Cellini 18K yellow gold with reference 3617 from 1966

Beautiful Rolex Cellini with square champagne dial and gold baton for each hour. The hands are in gold with baton style. It is a “Swiss” model. The bezel is in gold with fluted style. The crown comes with the Rolex logo. The watch has an 18K yellow gold back case with engraved outside “1334497” and inside “Montres Rolex SA – Geneva – Switzerland – 18K – .750 – 3616 -3617 J”. The watch has a manual winding movement with caliber 1600 and 19 jewels. The watch comes with a new black alligator strap and 18mm width between lugs.

History

In 1905, Hans Wilsdorf founded in London “ Wilsdorf & Davis” a wholesaler company. The same year, he signed a contract to distribute the Aegler wristwatches brand in UK. In 1908, he creates his own brand called “Rolex” abbreviation of “Rolling Export”. In 1914, Wilsdorf won a class “A” rating certificate from the Kew observatory in England. In 1914, “Les Fils de jean Aegler become Rolex Watch Co. Aegler SA, Manufacture d’Horlogerie”. In 1920, Wilsdorf founded “Montres Rolex SA” in Geneva. In 1926, he patented a watchcase with a screw down crown. In 1927 the “Oyster” was born when Mercedes Gleitze crossed the Channel in 15 hours and 15 minutes. In 1931, came the “Perpetual”, then the “Datejust” in 1945. Since 2000, Rolex makes its own movements and produce over 700,000 watches a year many being iconic like the Daytona, Submariner or the Prince to name a few.

Technical details

Manual winding Rolex movement with caliber 1600 and 19 jewels.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 26mm


Length including lugs: 36mm