{"product_id":"rolex-two-tone-oyster-perpetual-datejust-houndstooth-dial-1987","title":"Rolex Two-Tone Oyster Perpetual Datejust Houndstooth Dial 1987","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA stainless steel and eighteen carat gold Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust reference 16013. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is perhaps one of the all time icon Rolex watches; a two-tone, coin edge bezel, Datejust with champagne dial. However, this has a very slight twist to the dial. Throughout the background of a seemingly classic champagne dial is a gorgeous and quite rare herringbone design. The printing is black, featuring a chapter ring around the outside. The classic, solid gold, baton hands also contain the original luminous material, which matches the plots perfectly, and respond the same under ultraviolet light. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoundstooth is one of the most enduring patterns in British textile history, its origins traced to the woven wool cloths of the Scottish Lowlands. The distinctive broken check, traditionally formed in contrasting dark and light threads, emerged from practical rural clothing before becoming associated with the tailored woolens of Scotland and Britain more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the early 20th century, houndstooth had moved beyond its country origins and into fashionable tailoring, particularly coats, jackets and suits. Unlike tartan, the pattern was not traditionally tied to a particular clan, which helped give it a broader appeal. Its graphic quality translated particularly well to the increasingly sharp silhouettes of modern menswear and, later, womenswear.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough designers including Christian Dior, houndstooth became firmly established within postwar fashion, appearing in everything from couture to accessories. Its appeal has remained remarkably consistent: immediately recognizable, distinctly British in character, and formal without being overly so. A pattern born from woven wool that has become one of the great recurring motifs of 20th-century design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe dial is stamped \"T Swiss T\" at the six o'clock position, meaning that it contains tritium luminous material. This material replaced the highly dangerous, and radioactive Radium in 1963. Just like radium, tritium was also radioactive; however, it came with a much lower level of radiation and a much shorter half-life. While tritium was exponentially safer than radium, it only had a half-life of twelve years. This meant that after just a few decades, only a tiny fraction of the initial luminescence would remain. Additionally, as tritium ages, the color changes, which creates often beautiful, and highly sought after patinas on the luminous markers on these older Rolex watches. Tritium was far from perfect, which lead Rolex to search for a better alternative, which happened in 1998 with the introduction of Luminova. The Tritium in this case is all original to the dial, is in perfect condition with every lume plot in tact and in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe watch is powered by a Rolex, Swiss made, twenty seven jewel automatic calibre 3035 movement that powered all of the acrylic crystal Datejust quick set date models, such as this. These models can be told apart from one another as they do not have the earlier, characteristic, 'pie pan' style dial. They have the newly designed completely flat dials.  Otherwise, they look very similar to their early 1603 predecessors. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis case has the spring bar holes exposed from the side; a 'holes' case, which was phased out around the early 2000's. The watch is fitted to its original Rolex Jubilee stainless steel and eighteen carat gold bracelet with four removable links in place, which, if needed, can be removed to make the bracelet smaller. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe watch was made circa 1987 with serial number 9,748,XXX. The watch is in excellent original condition, and is most likely unpolished.  The watch comes with its original Rolex papers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Datejust is perhaps one of the most produced models by Rolex, but this is a rare twist on the classic icon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe watch comes with a Foundwell one year warranty a\u003cspan\u003egainst mechanical failure\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rolex","offers":[{"title":"1.417","offer_id":48839032635582,"sku":"FWW2019","price":9750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/2617\/files\/0004-1_52a307c7-ba01-40c1-8217-e8836d068a6e.jpg?v=1788484127","url":"https:\/\/foundwell.com\/products\/rolex-two-tone-oyster-perpetual-datejust-houndstooth-dial-1987","provider":"Foundwell","version":"1.0","type":"link"}