Rolex Datejust ref 1601 serial # 897,xxx, circa 1963. Featuring a full size man’s 36mm diameter stainless steel case with 14K white gold fluted bezel and acrylic crystal. With original early style matte silver dial with broad faceted indexes and with early style tapered “Alpha” hands. Dial properly signed T SWISS T for yje era, but unusual non luminous dial and hands. An especially clean example, with beautiful condition original “Oyster” dial and with particulary sharp and not over polished 14K WG fluted bezel.

Powered by self winding caliber 1560 movement with sweep seconds and date. With original period rolled link jubilee bracelet with early style deployment clasp. A great looking, distinctive early Datejust model with a lot of impact!

The differences in the dial markers and hands over the several generations of Datejusts from the late 1950’s to the 1980’s are all subtle. But be assured, the devil is in the details, because the characteristics of the dial, the dial markers and the hands can make all the difference between a distinctive and remarkable example, and one that is more common, and less special. The current example 1963 example features the original era dial, and hands, not a later replacement, with the distinctive design charascteristics of the 1960’s era.

Guaranteed genuine, jyst back from serviced by one of our veteran watchmakers and offered with a 1 year warranty of accurate timekeeping and operation.