Vintage Rolex Day-Date (from 1957) with incredibly rare original vivid blue dial. Rolex watches with brightly-coloured dials are almost always plain dials that have been re-painted. This example is a genuine Rolex factory original. An exquisite network of delicate spidery craquelure covers the dial surface, while the edges reveal an almost imperceptible daylight-bleaching of the blue pigment.

Original 'alpha' hands that have escaped being swapped for plain straight ones, intact tritium luminous paint, excellent old 1055 movement, and crisply-fluted bezel make this a very desirable Rolex Day-Date in its own right; to also have such a rare dial makes this watch an important find. Two-year Watch Club guarantee.