A terrific looking vintage Rolex Day Date ref 1803 circa 1962 with popular and elusive white Buckley dial. This is a great condition example Rolex 36mm period Presidential model with pleasing original matte white dial with black printed oversize Roman figures and matching black baton luminous hands. Featuring a fine condition case, with 18K yellow gold fluted bezel, acrylic crystal, and fitted with its original 18K YG Presidential link bracelet with open clasp. With fully intact and lovely warmly patina’d tritium luminous plots on the dial and matching original lume hands. The open clasp bracelet is a characteristic of Presidential bracelets of this era, is 18K gold with #53 end links.

Powered by caliber 1556 self winding chronometer rated movement with sweep seconds, Spanish language day of the week, and date. Fully serviced and offered with our 1 year warranty of accurate time keeping and operation.

We love the look of this particular watch! The Buckley dial is a not often seen on all gold models and the white color is perfectly offset against the gold case and bracelet, and perfectly accented with the bold black printed Roman and original black Buckley hands. We have seen a number of Buckley dials on steel and 2 tone models, but don’t often seem them on all gold watches, or if we do, we don’t remember them looking this good!

Buckley dial biography: For your edification and amusement, we offer you the following delightful description of the origin of the so called Buckley dials written by our colleague in the UK, who goes by the Ebay handle of Subdial Watches. (Edits by this author.)

“The term “Buckley dial” refers to a Datejust or Day Date dial that features large printed, rather than applied, Roman numerals. These numerals are elegant, slim, and larger than the applied numerals. The name comes rather humorously from John Buckley himself, an American vintage dealer, posting on the Vintage Rolex Forums. Upon seeing a younger John Mayer (of Talking Watches fame – amongst his other accomplishments) attempt to name a variant of the Paul Newman Daytona dial after himself, Buckley began jokingly referring to the now (in)famous Buckley dial after himself. While the story has been told and retold multiple times, what hasn’t changed is the timeless appeal of the watch itself. Buckley’s joke ultimately and inadvertently popularized a then unpopular reference into a highly sought after dial variant which continues to be appreciated today.”