Vintage Rolex 6917 Datejust Presidential 26mm Brown Diamond Dial Gold Watch
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Rolex Datejust reference 6917 features a brown dial with factory-set round diamond hour markers and gold hands within a fluted 18K yellow gold bezel, on an 18K yellow gold Pr...
Brown Diamond, Gold
Vintage Rolex Oysterdate Precision 6694 Champagne Brown Dial 34mm Watch
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Rolex Oysterdate Precision reference 6694 in stainless steel featuring champagne-brown sunburst dial with applied silver baton indices, date window at 3 o'clock, smooth polis...
Silver
Vintage Rolex Oyster Perpetual Diamond Bezel Brown Dial Stainless Steel Watch
By Rolex
Located in Ocala, FL
An elegant vintage Rolex Oyster Perpetual wristwatch featuring a warm brown sunburst dial accented by diamond-set hour markers.
Diamond, Stainless Steel
Rolex President Brown Dial Diamond 18K Day Date Watch Ref 18038
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Featuring All Original scratch resistant Sapphire Crystal, rare specialty brown with original factory Diamond Dial, gold hands, day and cyclops lens date boxes.
Diamond, 18k Gold
Vintage 1970s Rolex Cellini 4087 18K Yellow Gold Brown Vignette Dial Manual 28mm
By Rolex
Located in New York, NY
The Deep Hues Of A Vignette Dial What makes this example compelling is the combination of its unique case finish and a perfect brown vignette dial.
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Rolex Submariner Tropical Brown Glossy Gilt Dial 5512 Steel Automatic Watch 1960
By Rolex
Located in Central & Western District, HK
Brand: Vintage Rolex Model: 5512 Year: 1960 Serial number: 55xxxx Reference: C03729; C03603 Case: Show sign of wear with slight polish from previous; inner case back stamped 5512 II...
Steel, Stainless Steel
Rolex Steel Oyster Perpetual Datejust with Notable Light Brown Dial circa 1970's
By Rolex
Located in Long Beach, CA
FACTORY / HOUSE: Rolex Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Oyster Perpetual Datejust / Reference 16030 METAL / MATERIAL: Stainless Steel CIRCA / YEAR: 1970's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 4...
Stainless Steel
Vintage 1988 Rolex GMT-Master II 16713 Two-Tone Brown "Root Beer" Dial Auto 40mm
By Rolex
Located in New York, NY
It has the classic proportions and charm of vintage models, including a bezel insert that will age gracefully, but with the robust reliability of a modern Rolex. The brown dial works...
18k Gold, Stainless Steel
Ladies Rolex President 18k Gold Diamond Watch 69138
By Rolex
Located in Dallas, TX
President. 18k yellow gold case and factory diamond bezel (26mm diameter). Very rare Rolex brown vignette dial with diamond hour markers. .
1971 Rolex GMT Master 18k Brown Dial Ref. 1675/8
By Rolex
Located in Dubai, AE
The bracelet has 12 links. Dial: Excellent matte brown nipple dial with gilt print.
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Rolex Oysterdate Precision 6694 Men's Stainless Steel Watch Brown Tropical Dial
By Rolex
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Model: Precision (17-Jewel Hand-Winding Movement) Model #6694 Serial #8270XX Year: 1953 Movement #1215 Movement Serial #372XX Stainless Steel Case w/ Smooth Bezel 33 mm in Diameter (...
Stainless Steel
Rolex GMT "Root Beer" Yellow Gold Brown Nipple Dial Model 1675, circa 1972
By Rolex
Located in Houston, TX
Brand: Rolex Model: GMT Metal: 18k Yellow Gold Size: 40mm Dial: Brown Nipple Dial "Root Beer" Model Number: 1675 Age: 1972 Serial Number: 35809** Band: Custom Leather & Buck...
18k Gold
Rolex GMT Root Beer Tropical Brown Nipple Dial Yellow Gold Model 1675 circa 1978
By Rolex
Located in Houston, TX
Brand: Rolex Model: GMT Metal: 18k Yellow Gold Size: 40mm Dial: Brown Nipple Dial "Root Beer" Tropical Model Number: 1675 Age: 1978 Serial Number: 59064** Band: Custom Leath...
18k Gold
Rolex Yellow Gold Stainless Steel GMT Root Beer Dial Wristwatch
By Rolex
Located in New York, NY
Rolex Ref. 1675 GMT-Master brown dial steel & gold, Oyster Perpetual with 24-hour bezel and hand and a stainless steel & Gold Rolex Oyster Fliplock bracelet with deployant clasp.
Certified Authentic Rolex Datejust 8340, Brown Dial
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex Datejust Reference #:16264. Rolex Thunderbird in stainless steel with 18k white gold bidirectional rotating Turnograph bezel with black diamond dial. Auto w/ sweep seconds and...
Rolex Datejust 16078, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex Datejust Reference #: 16078. Womens Quartz Watch Yellow Gold Brown 26 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex Datejust 69178, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex Datejust Reference #: 69178. Womens Automatic Self Wind Watch Yellow Gold Brown 26 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex Submariner 5512, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex Submariner Reference #: 5512. Mens Automatic Self Wind Watch Stainless Steel Brown 40 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex Datejust 6917, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex Datejust Reference #: 6917. Womens Automatic Self Wind Watch Yellow Gold Brown 26 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex Datejust 69178, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex Datejust Reference #: 69178. Womens Automatic Self Wind Watch Yellow Gold Brown 26 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex Datejust 69178, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex Datejust Reference #: 69178. Womens Automatic Self Wind Watch Yellow Gold Brown 26 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex Datejust 16200, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex Datejust Reference #: 16200. Mens Automatic Self Wind Watch Stainless Steel Brown 36 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex Datejust 116244, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex Datejust Reference #: 116244. Womens Automatic Self Wind Watch Stainless Steel Brown 36 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex Datejust 178341, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex Datejust Reference #: 178341. Womens Automatic Self Wind Watch Stainless Steel Brown 31 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex Submariner 5512, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex Submariner Reference #: 5512. Mens Automatic Self Wind Watch Stainless Steel Brown 40 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex Datejust 279165, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex Datejust Reference #: 279165. Womens Automatic Self Wind Watch Rose Gold Brown 28 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex Datejust 116203, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex Datejust Reference #: 116203. Mens Automatic Self Wind Watch Steel and 18k Gold Brown 36 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex GMT Master 16753, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex GMT Master Reference #: 16753. Mens Swiss Automatic Watch Stainless Steel Brown 0 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex Day-Date 1803, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex Day-Date Reference #: 1803. Mens Automatic Self Wind Watch Yellow Gold Brown 36 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex GMT Master 1675, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex GMT Master Reference #: 1675. Mens Automatic Self Wind Watch Stainless Steel Brown 40 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex GMT Master 16753, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex GMT Master Reference #: 16753. Mens Automatic Self Wind Watch Stainless Steel Brown 40 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex Stainless Steel Red Submariner Wristwatch with "Tropical" Brown Dial
By Rolex
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This watch retains its original riveted bracelet, original bezel insert with original pearl, original hands and super tropical Mark I meters-first brown color-change dial. It looks...
Stainless Steel
Rolex Tropical Brown Dial Stainless Steel Red Submariner Ref 1680
By Rolex
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
The stainless steel watch is in mint condition, with a beautiful color change "Mark I" "meters first" brown "tropical" dial. The watch is offered with the original box and papers and...
Stainless Steel
Rolex Cellini Vintage Brown Dial 18K Yellow Gold Ladies Watch
By Rolex
Located in Great Neck, NY
Vintage Brown dial with gold hands and index hour maker. 18K yellow mesh bracelet with jewelry clasp.
Rolex GMT Master II 16713, Brown Dial, Certified and Warranty
By Rolex
Located in Miami, FL
Rolex GMT Master II Reference #: 16713. Mens Automatic Self Wind Watch Steel and 18k Gold Brown 40 MM. Verified and Certified by WatchFacts. 1 year warranty offered by WatchFacts.
Rolex "Oak Ridge Boys" Day-Date, Brown Dial with Diamonds
By Rolex
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
With a similar appeal as the ever-popular "Stella" dials, this very rare brown vignette dial has a beautiful look, a subtle and sophisticated compliment to this classic style. This w...
Rolex Stainless Steel Red Submariner Wristwatch with "Tropical" Brown Dial
By Rolex
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
The superior condition of this piece offers exclusivity in a red Submariner. The watch retains its original hands and meters-first dial, which is beginning to change color and curr...
Stainless Steel
While the rise in popularity of vintage Rolex watches is of no surprise to aficionados, collectors and industry experts, when it comes to contemporary luxury wristwatches, Rolex is also often the first brand that springs to mind. Not only is the company revered for its precision timekeeping and impeccable craftsmanship, but its name was designed to be memorable.
Rolex's enviable worldwide recognition can be credited in part to the genius of company founder Hans Wilsdorf. When the German-born watch dealer and his brother-in-law, Alfred Davis, set up their London enterprise, in 1905, they called it Wilsdorf & Davis, according to the traditional formula.
But Wilsdorf was determined to come up with another name that was short, would look good on a watch dial and was easy to say and remember in several languages. In 1908, he trademarked the name Rolex, and by 1920, he had moved the company to Geneva and redubbed it as Montres Rolex S.A.
But the main reasons for the brand’s success are its aforementioned commitment to precision and unflagging pursuit of innovation. In 1926, the company introduced the aptly named Oyster model. With a screw-down crown and case back, both fitted with rubber gaskets, this was the first truly waterproof watch.
Five years later, Rolex upped the ante with the Oyster Perpetual. That model’s patented Perpetual movement contained a rotor mechanism enabling it to self-wind. In another trendsetting move, in 1945, the brand debuted the Datejust, with a date window prominently displayed on the dial.
The company’s two most iconic models are sports watches. Although the Submariner, which debuted in 1953, was developed as a dive watch, its waterproof case, solid construction and good looks made it a favorite of adventurers and urbanites alike, including James Bond, who wore it in classics like Dr. No and Goldfinger. The Daytona, the racing chronograph made famous by Paul Newman, is especially sought after by collectors. Newman’s personal Daytona, which hit the auction block in 2017, sold for $17.8 million.
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Antique, vintage and luxury wristwatches have captured the hearts and minds of all manner of watch collectors as well as the watchmakers themselves — it's time you found your own.
Certain vintage watches for men and iconic watch designs for women are sought after not only because of their graceful proportions or innovative materials but also because of the illustrious histories of the houses that created them, histories that they stylishly embody.
Bulgari’s legendary Serpenti watch was on everyone’s list after the collection’s bold bracelet, which technically debuted after the timepiece, graced the wrist of actress Elizabeth Taylor. If anything, elaborately crafted timepieces — the unmistakably boxy silhouette of Cartier Tank watches, the elegant and minimal Calatrava designed by legendary Swiss house Patek Philippe — are even more effective than the shape we associate with traditional wristwatches.
Form watches — the all-encompassing moniker bestowed upon non-round watches — are making headlines and completing contemporary fashionable ensembles the world over. At the same time, both casual fans and careful collectors are drawn to the unbeatable charm of vintage styles, such as the icons designed by Omega that even James Bond can’t resist.
In the early days of watchmaking, watches were fragile enough that they necessitated protection from the elements. Now, wristwatches made of gold and steel can withstand the harshest climates — even 100 meters underwater, in the case of Rolex’s Submariner. Designer Gérald Genta, whose range of clients included Rolex, created for Audemars Piguet the first luxury sports timepiece to be made from stainless steel. First introduced in 1972, the Royal Oak was a perfect choice for blending the form and function that are now synonymous with sports watches.
Are you shopping for a wristwatch? It’s good to keep your needs as well as your specific personal style in mind: A smaller, subtle timepiece is a good fit for small wrists. When will you be wearing your new accessory? There’s a versatile model out there for everyday wear, while a rugged, feature-heavy watch is a safe bet if you’re prone to embarking on all-weather activities in the great outdoors.
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