Sonning Vintage Watches

This is a beautiful example of the iconic Rolex Datejust from 1975 – very rarely it has the yellow gold smooth bezel as against the usual fluted. The solid steel and yellow gold (bezel) case is in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. The original Rolex signed champagne textured dial is again in excellent condition and stunning – it’s also the sigma dial denoted by the 2 ‘0”s before and after the T Swiss T at the bottom of the dial. This means the hour batons are solid gold so won’t tarnish. The very high grade Rolex signed chronometer standard automatic movement is again in excellent condition and has just been fully serviced by our professional watchmaker. The watch sits on a new, super high quality, dark brown Hirsch ‘London’ alligator strap with Hirsch gold plated buckle. In terms of provenance we have:

• The original Rolex punched papers showing it was sold in 1975 in Florida
• The Rolex brochures and wallet
• The Rolex boxes, inner and outer

As few as 5 in 100 watches of this age have any any paperwork… In view of the high quality movement we will give a 12 month guarantee on it.

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The solid steel and yellow gold (bezel) case is in excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. The case measures 36mm across, excluding the gold Rolex crown and 44mm long including the lugs. The inside case is signed ‘Montres Rolex SA Geneva Switzerland’, ‘Patented Stainless’ and ‘1601’.

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The very high grade Rolex signed chronometer standard automatic movement is again in excellent condition and has just been fully serviced by our professional watchmaker. The movement is signed ‘Twenty Six 26 Jewels’, ‘Montres Rolex SA Geneva Swiss’, ‘Adj 5 Positions and Temperature’ and the calibre is ‘1570’. The movement number is D372929

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Sonning Vintage Watches are one of the largest prestige brand vintage watch retailers on the Internet carrying stock of around £800,000; we’ve sold over 3,000 vintage watches across the world since our formation in 2009. We’re based in Berkshire and Nottingham and spend 1- 2 days a week in London. Whilst we’re an Internet business we do ‘show’ 90% of our watches prior to sale and travel across England to meet prospective buyers.

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We provide a lifetime guarantee on the authenticity and provenance of all our watches and come with a full printed Receipt of Sale and Insurance Valuation. Purchasing from SVW gives you the protection and reassurance of buying from an incorporated company with outstanding customer testimonials.

We provide a high quality box and use the Royal Mail Special Delivery for the UK and DHL for overseas sales. They are insured for the full purchase value.

See what our customers say – 100% positive feedback on all our sales sites and over 40% of our customers buy again or refer us!

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We use the Royal Mail’s Guaranteed next day service for UK sales and DHL for all overseas shipping. All our watches are fully serviced, but prior to couriering each one will undergo a 3 day pre-delivery check to ensure the watch is in perfect condition.

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This is a rare and highly collectable vintage watch from one of horology’s most famous names and will, if history is any judge, provide an excellent financial investment as well as a possession to treasure and enjoy. I will provide an insurance valuation in excess of my asking price. Please appreciate the difficulty of photographing this piece, it looks even better in real life. Subject to your location I’ll happily show the watch.