17000, Oysterquartz, Tropical Purple ‘Pre-COSC’ Dial, Steel Phantom A 1140 with a brown

A 1140 with a brown

This is the only known example with a Tiffany dial and it is also the only known entirely gold dial

it is estimated that fewer than 25 pink gold examples are known to the market today

Its genius is not in complication

17000, Oysterquartz, Tropical Purple ‘Pre-COSC’ Dial, Steel Phantom A 1140 with a brownAn early ref. 17000 Oysterquartz with a dial featuring aged tropical purple from blue and Mark 1 or Pre COSC configuration. The 17000 debuted Rolexs groundbreaking quartz calibre 5035, far improved and better finished to any of its competition in period. The angular 36mm case sports a fully brushed integrated bracelet and smooth bezel. It is decidedly the most alternative iteration of Datejust there has even been and beautifully aged at that; it is