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Vintage Rolex Cellini Geneve 23mm 18K White Gold Blue Dial Ladies Manual Watch
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Vintage Rolex Cellini Geneve 23mm 18K White Gold Blue Dial Ladies Manual Watch
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1974 vintage Rolex Cellini Genève ladies manual wind wristwatch in an 18K white gold tonneau case with hobnail crosshatch textured bezel and case sides, featuring a blue dial with gold baton hour markers, Rolex crown logo, Cellini script signature, dark hands, and a blue crocodile leather strap.
23mm case; strap fits 7 inches adjustable; 7/10 condition with naturally faded dial; caseback engraved with Rolex crown and serial number.
Product Specifications:
- Item Type: Vintage Ladies Manual Wind Dress Watch
- Brand: Rolex
- Model: Cellini Genève
- Movement: Manual wind
- Case Material: 18K White Gold
- Case Shape: Tonneau
- Case Finish: Hobnail crosshatch textured bezel and case sides
- Case Size: 23mm
- Dial: Blue with gold applied baton hour markers
- Dial Condition: Naturally faded — honest vintage patina
- Indices: Applied gold-tone baton hour markers
- Hands: Dark tone stick hands
- Bezel Type: Fixed hobnail textured integrated bezel
- Bezel Color: 18K white gold hobnail finish
- Crown: White gold fluted winding crown
- Caseback: Brushed stainless steel with engraved Rolex crown logo and serial number
- Band Material: Blue crocodile leather strap
- Band Color: Blue
- Band Length: 7 inches adjustable
- Features: Signed Rolex crown logo and Cellini script on dial, Swiss Made
- Style: Vintage luxury dress watch
- Circa: 1974
- Period: 1960 (Retro)
- Condition: 7/10 — faded dial with honest age patina
About the Watch:
The Cellini Genève tonneau case is finished on its bezel and case sides with a fine hobnail crosshatch engraving — a hand-applied texture that produces thousands of tiny diamond-like facets across the gold surface, giving the case a jewel-like visual texture that catches light differently at every angle and that represents some of the most labor-intensive surface finishing in Rolex's entire catalog. The blue dial has developed the natural fading that occurs on vintage Rolex Cellini dials over a half century — a patina that the vintage collecting community considers an authentic marker of age and honest originality rather than a flaw, as original unrestored dials are consistently preferred over refinished examples. The caseback is brushed with the engraved Rolex crown logo centered above the serial number, confirming solid 18K white gold construction throughout.
About the Rolex Cellini:
The Rolex Cellini collection — named after the celebrated Renaissance goldsmith Benvenuto Cellini — was introduced as Rolex's dedicated high jewelry and dress watch line, separate from the Oyster sport and professional collections, built specifically to demonstrate Rolex's mastery of precious metal finishing and slim manual wind movement construction in forms that prioritized elegance over function. The Genève designation on these early Cellini references indicated production and casing in Geneva, Switzerland — a distinction that Rolex applied to its finest dress watch references to differentiate them from the broader Oyster catalog. The 1974 Cellini Genève in 18K white gold with hobnail case and blue dial is among the most visually distinctive references in the early Cellini series, and surviving examples in honest, unpolished condition with original blue dials — even faded ones — are consistently sought by Rolex collectors who prize originality and period character above cosmetic condition in their vintage acquisitions.
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