1971 Rolex Cellini Vintage Mens Handwound TV Watch with Bark Bezel, Ref. 3880 - 18K White Gold

1971 Rolex Cellini Vintage Mens Handwound TV Watch with Bark Bezel, Ref. 3880 - 18K White GoldToday's offering showcases this gorgeous ref. 3880 "TV shaped" Rolex from the Cellini Collection. Rolex designed the Cellini to be the preeminent symbol of elegance and performance. A premier dress watch, this Cellini has an 18K gold case with indexed bark textured bezel, gloss royal blue dial dial with an electric quality to it and an 18K white gold coronet, and high grade handwound caliber 1600 movement. As a midsized mens watch it is well suited

Case markings (inside): Hamilton

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The back has very slight signs of previous polishing and the lugs show only very slight remnants of wear

based one ETA 2893-2

Case condition: On the wrist the case presents as mint - like new

Only a few luxury watches in the following decades would lay claim to this movement earning them reputations as masterpieces of twentieth-century watchmaking

The elegant and uncommon dress Rolex showcased in today's offering is a classic and wonderfully styled example of this phenomenon

Dial: White with 18K gold baton and numeral indexes

Dimensions: 34mm diameter by 39mm long lug tip to tip

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We were fortunate to acquire the watch in such amazingly well-preserved condition

Its wonderfully thin sculpted case with faceted lugs is only just over 7